diff --git a/kmod/src/block.c b/kmod/src/block.c
index b7da3950..ed5359ab 100644
--- a/kmod/src/block.c
+++ b/kmod/src/block.c
@@ -812,44 +812,6 @@ void scoutfs_block_writer_forget(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Change a cached block's location.  We're careful to only change its
- * position in the rbtree.  If we find another block existing at the new
- * location then we remove it from the cache and forget it if it was
- * dirty.
- */
-void scoutfs_block_move(struct super_block *sb,
-			struct scoutfs_block_writer *wri,
-			struct scoutfs_block *bl, u64 blkno)
-{
-	DECLARE_BLOCK_INFO(sb, binf);
-	struct block_private *bp = BLOCK_PRIVATE(bl);
-	struct block_private *existing = NULL;
-
-	spin_lock(&binf->lock);
-
-	existing = walk_block_rbtree(&binf->root, blkno, NULL);
-	if (existing) {
-		/* only nesting of binf and wri locks */
-		if (test_bit(BLOCK_BIT_DIRTY, &bp->bits)) {
-			spin_lock(&wri->lock);
-			if (test_bit(BLOCK_BIT_DIRTY, &bp->bits))
-				block_forget(sb, wri, bp);
-			spin_unlock(&wri->lock);
-		}
-		block_remove(sb, existing);
-	}
-
-	rb_erase(&bp->node, &binf->root);
-	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&bp->node);
-	bp->bl.blkno = blkno;
-	walk_block_rbtree(&binf->root, blkno, bp);
-
-	TRACE_BLOCK(move, bp);
-
-	spin_unlock(&binf->lock);
-}
-
 /*
  * The caller has ensured that no more dirtying will take place.  This
  * helps the caller avoid doing a bunch of work before calling into the
diff --git a/kmod/src/block.h b/kmod/src/block.h
index 22e2437d..6f73176f 100644
--- a/kmod/src/block.h
+++ b/kmod/src/block.h
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ void scoutfs_block_writer_forget_all(struct super_block *sb,
 void scoutfs_block_writer_forget(struct super_block *sb,
 			         struct scoutfs_block_writer *wri,
 				 struct scoutfs_block *bl);
-void scoutfs_block_move(struct super_block *sb,
-			struct scoutfs_block_writer *wri,
-			struct scoutfs_block *bl, u64 blkno);
 bool scoutfs_block_writer_has_dirty(struct super_block *sb,
 				    struct scoutfs_block_writer *wri);
 u64 scoutfs_block_writer_dirty_bytes(struct super_block *sb,
diff --git a/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h b/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
index 05c1427b..47238c9d 100644
--- a/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
+++ b/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
@@ -2205,11 +2205,6 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(scoutfs_block_class, scoutfs_block_invalidate,
 		 int refcount, int io_count, unsigned long bits, u64 lru_moved),
 	TP_ARGS(sb, bp, blkno, refcount, io_count, bits, lru_moved)
 );
-DEFINE_EVENT(scoutfs_block_class, scoutfs_block_move,
-	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, void *bp, u64 blkno,
-		 int refcount, int io_count, unsigned long bits, u64 lru_moved),
-	TP_ARGS(sb, bp, blkno, refcount, io_count, bits, lru_moved)
-);
 DEFINE_EVENT(scoutfs_block_class, scoutfs_block_mark_dirty,
 	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, void *bp, u64 blkno,
 		 int refcount, int io_count, unsigned long bits, u64 lru_moved),