diff --git a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
index d305db70674b..07cb8f7030b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ enum cpuhp_state {
 	CPUHP_X2APIC_PREPARE,
 	CPUHP_SMPCFD_PREPARE,
 	CPUHP_RELAY_PREPARE,
-	CPUHP_SLAB_PREPARE,
 	CPUHP_MD_RAID5_PREPARE,
 	CPUHP_RCUTREE_PREP,
 	CPUHP_CPUIDLE_COUPLED_PREPARE,
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index d6d6ffeeb9a2..34e43cddc520 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -788,12 +788,4 @@ size_t kmalloc_size_roundup(size_t size);
 
 void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_SLAB)
-int slab_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
-int slab_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
-#else
-#define slab_prepare_cpu	NULL
-#define slab_dead_cpu		NULL
-#endif
-
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_H */
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 9e4c6780adde..530b026d95a1 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -2125,11 +2125,6 @@ static struct cpuhp_step cpuhp_hp_states[] = {
 		.startup.single		= relay_prepare_cpu,
 		.teardown.single	= NULL,
 	},
-	[CPUHP_SLAB_PREPARE] = {
-		.name			= "slab:prepare",
-		.startup.single		= slab_prepare_cpu,
-		.teardown.single	= slab_dead_cpu,
-	},
 	[CPUHP_RCUTREE_PREP] = {
 		.name			= "RCU/tree:prepare",
 		.startup.single		= rcutree_prepare_cpu,