diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 7acf024e99f351..cda05fc61c3afa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c

@@ -1228,36 +1228,10 @@ static int cached_dev_ioctl(struct bcache_device *d, fmode_t mode,
 	return __blkdev_driver_ioctl(dc->bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
-static int cached_dev_congested(void *data, int bits)
-{
-	struct bcache_device *d = data;
-	struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(d, struct cached_dev, disk);
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(dc->bdev);
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (bdi_congested(q->backing_dev_info, bits))
-		return 1;
-
-	if (cached_dev_get(dc)) {
-		unsigned int i;
-		struct cache *ca;
-
-		for_each_cache(ca, d->c, i) {
-			q = bdev_get_queue(ca->bdev);
-			ret |= bdi_congested(q->backing_dev_info, bits);
-		}
-
-		cached_dev_put(dc);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 void bch_cached_dev_request_init(struct cached_dev *dc)
 {
 	struct gendisk *g = dc->disk.disk;
 
-	g->queue->backing_dev_info->congested_fn = cached_dev_congested;
 	dc->disk.cache_miss			= cached_dev_cache_miss;
 	dc->disk.ioctl				= cached_dev_ioctl;
 }

@@ -1342,27 +1316,10 @@ static int flash_dev_ioctl(struct bcache_device *d, fmode_t mode,
 	return -ENOTTY;
 }
 
-static int flash_dev_congested(void *data, int bits)
-{
-	struct bcache_device *d = data;
-	struct request_queue *q;
-	struct cache *ca;
-	unsigned int i;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	for_each_cache(ca, d->c, i) {
-		q = bdev_get_queue(ca->bdev);
-		ret |= bdi_congested(q->backing_dev_info, bits);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 void bch_flash_dev_request_init(struct bcache_device *d)
 {
 	struct gendisk *g = d->disk;
 
-	g->queue->backing_dev_info->congested_fn = flash_dev_congested;
 	d->cache_miss				= flash_dev_cache_miss;
 	d->ioctl				= flash_dev_ioctl;
 }

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 2014016f9a60d3..1810d7ca2f6653 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c

@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned int block_size,
 
 	d->disk->queue			= q;
 	q->queuedata			= d;
-	q->backing_dev_info->congested_data = d;
 	q->limits.max_hw_sectors	= UINT_MAX;
 	q->limits.max_sectors		= UINT_MAX;
 	q->limits.max_segment_size	= UINT_MAX;

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index d3bb355819a421..24549dc92eeec5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c

@@ -421,8 +421,6 @@ struct cache {
 
 	struct rw_semaphore quiesce_lock;
 
-	struct dm_target_callbacks callbacks;
-
 	/*
 	 * origin_blocks entries, discarded if set.
 	 */

@@ -2423,20 +2421,6 @@ static void set_cache_size(struct cache *cache, dm_cblock_t size)
 	cache->cache_size = size;
 }
 
-static int is_congested(struct dm_dev *dev, int bdi_bits)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(dev->bdev);
-	return bdi_congested(q->backing_dev_info, bdi_bits);
-}
-
-static int cache_is_congested(struct dm_target_callbacks *cb, int bdi_bits)
-{
-	struct cache *cache = container_of(cb, struct cache, callbacks);
-
-	return is_congested(cache->origin_dev, bdi_bits) ||
-		is_congested(cache->cache_dev, bdi_bits);
-}
-
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATION_THRESHOLD 2048
 
 static int cache_create(struct cache_args *ca, struct cache **result)

@@ -2471,9 +2455,6 @@ static int cache_create(struct cache_args *ca, struct cache **result)
 			goto bad;
 	}
 
-	cache->callbacks.congested_fn = cache_is_congested;
-	dm_table_add_target_callbacks(ti->table, &cache->callbacks);
-
 	cache->metadata_dev = ca->metadata_dev;
 	cache->origin_dev = ca->origin_dev;
 	cache->cache_dev = ca->cache_dev;