diff --git a/config-daemon.ac b/config-daemon.ac
index bf94815966..848e1e58da 100644
--- a/config-daemon.ac
+++ b/config-daemon.ac
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ if test "x$guix_build_daemon" = "xyes"; then
   dnl to do i686-linux builds on x86_64-linux machines.
   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/personality.h])
 
-  dnl Check for <linux/fs.h> (for immutable file support).
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/fs.h])
-
   dnl Determine the appropriate default list of substitute URLs (GnuTLS
   dnl is required so we can default to 'https'.)
   guix_substitute_urls="https://ci.guix.gnu.org"
diff --git a/nix/libstore/build.cc b/nix/libstore/build.cc
index c4fc87746a..17e92c68a7 100644
--- a/nix/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/nix/libstore/build.cc
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #endif
 
-/* In GNU libc 2.11, <sys/mount.h> does not define `MS_PRIVATE', but
-   <linux/fs.h> does.  */
-#if !defined MS_PRIVATE && defined HAVE_LINUX_FS_H
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#endif
 
 #define CHROOT_ENABLED HAVE_CHROOT && HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H && defined(MS_BIND) && defined(MS_PRIVATE) && defined(CLONE_NEWNS) && defined(SYS_pivot_root)
 
diff --git a/nix/libstore/local-store.cc b/nix/libstore/local-store.cc
index 3793382361..7a520925e5 100644
--- a/nix/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/nix/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -28,11 +28,8 @@
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #endif
 
-#if HAVE_LINUX_FS_H
-#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <sqlite3.h>