diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index f2fd2866c302..6641c4543d18 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -455,9 +455,6 @@ struct pernet_operations {
 	void (*pre_exit)(struct net *net);
 	void (*exit)(struct net *net);
 	void (*exit_batch)(struct list_head *net_exit_list);
-	/* Following method is called with RTNL held. */
-	void (*exit_batch_rtnl)(struct list_head *net_exit_list,
-				struct list_head *dev_kill_list);
 	unsigned int *id;
 	size_t size;
 };
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index e8eb2435cc89..29deff082da1 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -314,9 +314,8 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net, struct user_namespace *user_ns)
 {
 	/* Must be called with pernet_ops_rwsem held */
 	const struct pernet_operations *ops, *saved_ops;
-	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
-	LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
 	int error = 0;
+	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
 
 	refcount_set(&net->ns.count, 1);
 	ref_tracker_dir_init(&net->refcnt_tracker, 128);
@@ -354,15 +353,6 @@ out_undo:
 
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
-	ops = saved_ops;
-	rtnl_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list) {
-		if (ops->exit_batch_rtnl)
-			ops->exit_batch_rtnl(&net_exit_list, &dev_kill_list);
-	}
-	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	ops = saved_ops;
 	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list)
 		ops_exit_list(ops, &net_exit_list);
@@ -569,7 +559,6 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct net *net, *tmp, *last;
 	struct llist_node *net_kill_list;
 	LIST_HEAD(net_exit_list);
-	LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
 
 	/* Atomically snapshot the list of namespaces to cleanup */
 	net_kill_list = llist_del_all(&cleanup_list);
@@ -610,14 +599,6 @@ static void cleanup_net(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
-	rtnl_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list) {
-		if (ops->exit_batch_rtnl)
-			ops->exit_batch_rtnl(&net_exit_list, &dev_kill_list);
-	}
-	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	/* Run all of the network namespace exit methods */
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(ops, &pernet_list, list)
 		ops_exit_list(ops, &net_exit_list);
@@ -1163,17 +1144,7 @@ static void free_exit_list(struct pernet_operations *ops, struct list_head *net_
 {
 	ops_pre_exit_list(ops, net_exit_list);
 	synchronize_rcu();
-
-	if (ops->exit_batch_rtnl) {
-		LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
-
-		rtnl_lock();
-		ops->exit_batch_rtnl(net_exit_list, &dev_kill_list);
-		unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
-		rtnl_unlock();
-	}
 	ops_exit_list(ops, net_exit_list);
-
 	ops_free_list(ops, net_exit_list);
 }