diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index ca1f2b9422d5..770c0c2b72fa 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ static const char *const rqf_name[] = {
 	RQF_NAME(HASHED),
 	RQF_NAME(STATS),
 	RQF_NAME(SPECIAL_PAYLOAD),
-	RQF_NAME(ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED),
 	RQF_NAME(TIMED_OUT),
 	RQF_NAME(RESV),
 };
diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index 988b40667321..035de116839f 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -114,52 +114,6 @@ const char *blk_zone_cond_str(enum blk_zone_cond zone_cond)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_zone_cond_str);
 
-/*
- * Return true if a request is a write requests that needs zone write locking.
- */
-bool blk_req_needs_zone_write_lock(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (!rq->q->disk->seq_zones_wlock)
-		return false;
-
-	return blk_rq_is_seq_zoned_write(rq);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_req_needs_zone_write_lock);
-
-bool blk_req_zone_write_trylock(struct request *rq)
-{
-	unsigned int zno = blk_rq_zone_no(rq);
-
-	if (test_and_set_bit(zno, rq->q->disk->seq_zones_wlock))
-		return false;
-
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(rq->rq_flags & RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED);
-	rq->rq_flags |= RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED;
-
-	return true;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_req_zone_write_trylock);
-
-void __blk_req_zone_write_lock(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(test_and_set_bit(blk_rq_zone_no(rq),
-					  rq->q->disk->seq_zones_wlock)))
-		return;
-
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(rq->rq_flags & RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED);
-	rq->rq_flags |= RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_req_zone_write_lock);
-
-void __blk_req_zone_write_unlock(struct request *rq)
-{
-	rq->rq_flags &= ~RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED;
-	if (rq->q->disk->seq_zones_wlock)
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_and_clear_bit(blk_rq_zone_no(rq),
-						 rq->q->disk->seq_zones_wlock));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_req_zone_write_unlock);
-
 /**
  * bdev_nr_zones - Get number of zones
  * @bdev:	Target device
@@ -1521,9 +1475,6 @@ void disk_free_zone_resources(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	kfree(disk->conv_zones_bitmap);
 	disk->conv_zones_bitmap = NULL;
-	kfree(disk->seq_zones_wlock);
-	disk->seq_zones_wlock = NULL;
-
 	disk->zone_capacity = 0;
 	disk->nr_zones = 0;
 }
@@ -1571,7 +1522,6 @@ static int disk_revalidate_zone_resources(struct gendisk *disk,
 struct blk_revalidate_zone_args {
 	struct gendisk	*disk;
 	unsigned long	*conv_zones_bitmap;
-	unsigned long	*seq_zones_wlock;
 	unsigned int	nr_zones;
 	unsigned int	zone_capacity;
 	sector_t	sector;
@@ -1589,7 +1539,6 @@ static int disk_update_zone_resources(struct gendisk *disk,
 
 	disk->nr_zones = args->nr_zones;
 	disk->zone_capacity = args->zone_capacity;
-	swap(disk->seq_zones_wlock, args->seq_zones_wlock);
 	swap(disk->conv_zones_bitmap, args->conv_zones_bitmap);
 
 	/*
@@ -1679,13 +1628,6 @@ static int blk_revalidate_zone_cb(struct blk_zone *zone, unsigned int idx,
 		set_bit(idx, args->conv_zones_bitmap);
 		break;
 	case BLK_ZONE_TYPE_SEQWRITE_REQ:
-		if (!args->seq_zones_wlock) {
-			args->seq_zones_wlock =
-				blk_alloc_zone_bitmap(q->node, args->nr_zones);
-			if (!args->seq_zones_wlock)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-
 		/*
 		 * Remember the capacity of the first sequential zone and check
 		 * if it is constant for all zones.
@@ -1727,7 +1669,7 @@ static int blk_revalidate_zone_cb(struct blk_zone *zone, unsigned int idx,
 }
 
 /**
- * blk_revalidate_disk_zones - (re)allocate and initialize zone bitmaps
+ * blk_revalidate_disk_zones - (re)allocate and initialize zone write plugs
  * @disk:	Target disk
  *
  * Helper function for low-level device drivers to check, (re) allocate and
@@ -1801,9 +1743,8 @@ int blk_revalidate_disk_zones(struct gendisk *disk)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Install the new bitmaps and update nr_zones only once the queue is
-	 * stopped and all I/Os are completed (i.e. a scheduler is not
-	 * referencing the bitmaps).
+	 * Set the new disk zone parameters only once the queue is frozen and
+	 * all I/Os are completed.
 	 */
 	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
 	if (ret > 0)
@@ -1814,7 +1755,6 @@ int blk_revalidate_disk_zones(struct gendisk *disk)
 		disk_free_zone_resources(disk);
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
 
-	kfree(args.seq_zones_wlock);
 	kfree(args.conv_zones_bitmap);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 60090c8366fb..89ba6b16fe8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ typedef __u32 __bitwise req_flags_t;
 /* Look at ->special_vec for the actual data payload instead of the
    bio chain. */
 #define RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD	((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 18))
-/* The per-zone write lock is held for this request */
-#define RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED	((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 19))
 /* The request completion needs to be signaled to zone write pluging. */
 #define RQF_ZONE_WRITE_PLUGGING	((__force req_flags_t)(1 << 20))
 /* ->timeout has been called, don't expire again */
@@ -1152,85 +1150,4 @@ static inline int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 }
 void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *, char *);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
-static inline unsigned int blk_rq_zone_no(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return disk_zone_no(rq->q->disk, blk_rq_pos(rq));
-}
-
-static inline unsigned int blk_rq_zone_is_seq(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return disk_zone_is_seq(rq->q->disk, blk_rq_pos(rq));
-}
-
-/**
- * blk_rq_is_seq_zoned_write() - Check if @rq requires write serialization.
- * @rq: Request to examine.
- *
- * Note: REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND requests do not require serialization.
- */
-static inline bool blk_rq_is_seq_zoned_write(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return op_needs_zoned_write_locking(req_op(rq)) &&
-		blk_rq_zone_is_seq(rq);
-}
-
-bool blk_req_needs_zone_write_lock(struct request *rq);
-bool blk_req_zone_write_trylock(struct request *rq);
-void __blk_req_zone_write_lock(struct request *rq);
-void __blk_req_zone_write_unlock(struct request *rq);
-
-static inline void blk_req_zone_write_lock(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (blk_req_needs_zone_write_lock(rq))
-		__blk_req_zone_write_lock(rq);
-}
-
-static inline void blk_req_zone_write_unlock(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED)
-		__blk_req_zone_write_unlock(rq);
-}
-
-static inline bool blk_req_zone_is_write_locked(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return rq->q->disk->seq_zones_wlock &&
-		test_bit(blk_rq_zone_no(rq), rq->q->disk->seq_zones_wlock);
-}
-
-static inline bool blk_req_can_dispatch_to_zone(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (!blk_req_needs_zone_write_lock(rq))
-		return true;
-	return !blk_req_zone_is_write_locked(rq);
-}
-#else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
-static inline bool blk_rq_is_seq_zoned_write(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
-static inline bool blk_req_needs_zone_write_lock(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
-static inline void blk_req_zone_write_lock(struct request *rq)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void blk_req_zone_write_unlock(struct request *rq)
-{
-}
-static inline bool blk_req_zone_is_write_locked(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
-static inline bool blk_req_can_dispatch_to_zone(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return true;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
-
 #endif /* BLK_MQ_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index ffe0c112b128..5751292fee6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ enum {
 	BIO_QOS_THROTTLED,	/* bio went through rq_qos throttle path */
 	BIO_QOS_MERGED,		/* but went through rq_qos merge path */
 	BIO_REMAPPED,
-	BIO_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED,	/* Owns a zoned device zone write lock */
 	BIO_ZONE_WRITE_PLUGGING, /* bio handled through zone write plugging */
 	BIO_EMULATES_ZONE_APPEND, /* bio emulates a zone append operation */
 	BIO_FLAG_LAST
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 045579474ed4..faacc9853e0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -178,23 +178,14 @@ struct gendisk {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
 	/*
-	 * Zoned block device information for request dispatch control.
-	 * nr_zones is the total number of zones of the device. This is always
-	 * 0 for regular block devices. conv_zones_bitmap is a bitmap of nr_zones
-	 * bits which indicates if a zone is conventional (bit set) or
-	 * sequential (bit clear). seq_zones_wlock is a bitmap of nr_zones
-	 * bits which indicates if a zone is write locked, that is, if a write
-	 * request targeting the zone was dispatched.
-	 *
-	 * Reads of this information must be protected with blk_queue_enter() /
-	 * blk_queue_exit(). Modifying this information is only allowed while
-	 * no requests are being processed. See also blk_mq_freeze_queue() and
-	 * blk_mq_unfreeze_queue().
+	 * Zoned block device information. Reads of this information must be
+	 * protected with blk_queue_enter() / blk_queue_exit(). Modifying this
+	 * information is only allowed while no requests are being processed.
+	 * See also blk_mq_freeze_queue() and blk_mq_unfreeze_queue().
 	 */
 	unsigned int		nr_zones;
 	unsigned int		zone_capacity;
 	unsigned long		*conv_zones_bitmap;
-	unsigned long		*seq_zones_wlock;
 	unsigned int            zone_wplugs_hash_bits;
 	spinlock_t              zone_wplugs_lock;
 	mempool_t		*zone_wplugs_pool;
@@ -636,15 +627,6 @@ static inline unsigned int disk_zone_no(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector)
 	return sector >> ilog2(disk->queue->limits.chunk_sectors);
 }
 
-static inline bool disk_zone_is_seq(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector)
-{
-	if (!blk_queue_is_zoned(disk->queue))
-		return false;
-	if (!disk->conv_zones_bitmap)
-		return true;
-	return !test_bit(disk_zone_no(disk, sector), disk->conv_zones_bitmap);
-}
-
 static inline void disk_set_max_open_zones(struct gendisk *disk,
 		unsigned int max_open_zones)
 {
@@ -678,10 +660,6 @@ static inline unsigned int disk_nr_zones(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline bool disk_zone_is_seq(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector)
-{
-	return false;
-}
 static inline unsigned int disk_zone_no(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -871,11 +849,6 @@ static inline bool bio_straddles_zones(struct bio *bio)
 		disk_zone_no(bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk, bio_end_sector(bio) - 1);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int bio_zone_is_seq(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	return disk_zone_is_seq(bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector);
-}
-
 /*
  * Return how much of the chunk is left to be used for I/O at a given offset.
  */
