diff --git a/scst/include/backport.h b/scst/include/backport.h
index 61c5e9864..8e1a6afa0 100644
--- a/scst/include/backport.h
+++ b/scst/include/backport.h
@@ -631,37 +631,6 @@ static inline void *vzalloc(unsigned long size)
 }
 #endif
 
-/* <linux/workqueue.h> */
-
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 23) && !defined(BACKPORT_LINUX_WORKQUEUE_TO_2_6_19)
-#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 20))
-static inline int cancel_delayed_work_sync(struct delayed_work *work)
-{
-	int res;
-
-	res = cancel_delayed_work(work);
-	flush_scheduled_work();
-	return res;
-}
-#else
-/*
- * While cancel_delayed_work_sync() has not been defined in the vanilla kernel
- * 2.6.18 nor in 2.6.19 nor in RHEL/CentOS 5.0..5.5, a definition is available
- * in RHEL/CentOS 5.6. Unfortunately that definition is incompatible with what
- * we need. So define cancel_delayed_work() as a macro such that it overrides
- * the RHEL/CentOS 5.6 inline function definition in <linux/workqueue.h>.
- */
-#define cancel_delayed_work_sync(work)		\
-({						\
-	int res;				\
-						\
-	res = cancel_delayed_work((work));	\
-	flush_scheduled_work();			\
-	res;					\
-})
-#endif
-#endif
-
 /* <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h> */
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 24)
diff --git a/scst/src/scst_main.c b/scst/src/scst_main.c
index 8aeee5342..3ff5419c7 100644
--- a/scst/src/scst_main.c
+++ b/scst/src/scst_main.c
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ Pass-through dev handlers will not work.
 /*
  * Main SCST mutex. All targets, devices and dev_types management is done
  * under this mutex.
- *
- * It must NOT be used in any works (schedule_work(), etc.), because
- * otherwise a deadlock (double lock, actually) is possible, e.g., with
- * scst_user detach_tgt(), which is called under scst_mutex and calls
- * flush_scheduled_work().
  */
 struct mutex scst_mutex;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scst_mutex);