diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 284ffd01139f..713821e5aa8b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2200,9 +2200,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getrandom, char __user *, buf, size_t, count,
 	if (count > INT_MAX)
 		count = INT_MAX;
 
-	if (flags & GRND_RANDOM)
-		return _random_read(flags & GRND_NONBLOCK, buf, count);
-
 	if (!(flags & GRND_INSECURE) && !crng_ready()) {
 		if (flags & GRND_NONBLOCK)
 			return -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/random.h b/include/uapi/linux/random.h
index 77c1e735b585..b01d118750ab 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/random.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct rand_pool_info {
  * Flags for getrandom(2)
  *
  * GRND_NONBLOCK	Don't block and return EAGAIN instead
- * GRND_RANDOM		Use the /dev/random pool instead of /dev/urandom
+ * GRND_RANDOM		No effect
  * GRND_INSECURE	Return non-cryptographic random bytes
  */
 #define GRND_NONBLOCK	0x0001