diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 49450c642298ec..f5cfce243cef10 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_read);
-
 static ssize_t new_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (void __user *)buf, .iov_len = len };
@@ -554,8 +552,6 @@ ssize_t vfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_
 	return ret;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_write);
-
 static inline loff_t file_pos_read(struct file *file)
 {
 	return file->f_pos;