diff --git a/kmod/src/block.c b/kmod/src/block.c
index 1ed7d0d7..b14cb9fb 100644
--- a/kmod/src/block.c
+++ b/kmod/src/block.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ enum {
 	BLOCK_BIT_PAGE_ALLOC,	/* page (possibly high order) allocation */
 	BLOCK_BIT_VIRT,		/* mapped virt allocation */
 	BLOCK_BIT_CRC_VALID,	/* crc has been verified */
-	BLOCK_BIT_VISITED,	/* used by callers to track blocks */
 };
 
 struct block_private {
@@ -130,22 +129,6 @@ bool scoutfs_block_valid_ref(struct super_block *sb,
 	       hdr->blkno == blkno;
 }
 
-bool scoutfs_block_tas_visited(struct super_block *sb,
-			       struct scoutfs_block *bl)
-{
-	struct block_private *bp = BLOCK_PRIVATE(bl);
-
-	return test_bit(BLOCK_BIT_VISITED, &bp->bits) != 0;
-}
-
-void scoutfs_block_clear_visited(struct super_block *sb,
-				 struct scoutfs_block *bl)
-{
-	struct block_private *bp = BLOCK_PRIVATE(bl);
-
-	clear_bit(BLOCK_BIT_VISITED, &bp->bits);
-}
-
 static struct block_private *block_alloc(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno)
 {
 	struct block_private *bp;
diff --git a/kmod/src/block.h b/kmod/src/block.h
index 6f73176f..e1b85359 100644
--- a/kmod/src/block.h
+++ b/kmod/src/block.h
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ bool scoutfs_block_valid_crc(struct scoutfs_block_header *hdr, u32 size);
 bool scoutfs_block_valid_ref(struct super_block *sb,
 			     struct scoutfs_block_header *hdr,
 			     __le64 seq, __le64 blkno);
-bool scoutfs_block_tas_visited(struct super_block *sb,
-			       struct scoutfs_block *bl);
-void scoutfs_block_clear_visited(struct super_block *sb,
-				 struct scoutfs_block *bl);
 
 struct scoutfs_block *scoutfs_block_create(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno);
 struct scoutfs_block *scoutfs_block_read(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno);