diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index 4ec22c2f2ea3c..7ded57ec3a603 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ static unsigned long		nlm_grace_period;
 unsigned long			nlm_timeout = LOCKD_DFLT_TIMEO;
 static int			nlm_udpport, nlm_tcpport;
 
-/* RLIM_NOFILE defaults to 1024. That seems like a reasonable default here. */
-static unsigned int		nlm_max_connections = 1024;
-
 /*
  * Constants needed for the sysctl interface.
  */
@@ -136,9 +133,6 @@ lockd(void *vrqstp)
 	 * NFS mount or NFS daemon has gone away.
 	 */
 	while (!svc_thread_should_stop(rqstp)) {
-		/* update sv_maxconn if it has changed */
-		rqstp->rq_server->sv_maxconn = nlm_max_connections;
-
 		nlmsvc_retry_blocked(rqstp);
 		svc_recv(rqstp);
 	}
@@ -340,7 +334,6 @@ static int lockd_get(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	serv->sv_maxconn = nlm_max_connections;
 	error = svc_set_num_threads(serv, NULL, 1);
 	if (error < 0) {
 		svc_destroy(&serv);
@@ -542,7 +535,6 @@ module_param_call(nlm_udpport, param_set_port, param_get_int,
 module_param_call(nlm_tcpport, param_set_port, param_get_int,
 		  &nlm_tcpport, 0644);
 module_param(nsm_use_hostnames, bool, 0644);
-module_param(nlm_max_connections, uint, 0644);
 
 static int lockd_init_net(struct net *net)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/netns.h b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
index a05a45bb19781..4a07b8d0837b6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/netns.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ struct nfsd_net {
 	seqlock_t writeverf_lock;
 	unsigned char writeverf[8];
 
-	/*
-	 * Max number of non-validated connections this nfsd container
-	 * will allow.  Defaults to '0' gets mapped to 64.
-	 */
-	unsigned int max_connections;
-
 	u32 clientid_base;
 	u32 clientid_counter;
 	u32 clverifier_counter;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 3adbc05ebaac4..95ea4393305bd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ enum {
 	NFSD_Versions,
 	NFSD_Ports,
 	NFSD_MaxBlkSize,
-	NFSD_MaxConnections,
 	NFSD_Filecache,
 	NFSD_Leasetime,
 	NFSD_Gracetime,
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ static ssize_t write_pool_threads(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 static ssize_t write_versions(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 static ssize_t write_ports(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 static ssize_t write_maxblksize(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
-static ssize_t write_maxconn(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4
 static ssize_t write_leasetime(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 static ssize_t write_gracetime(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ static ssize_t (*const write_op[])(struct file *, char *, size_t) = {
 	[NFSD_Versions] = write_versions,
 	[NFSD_Ports] = write_ports,
 	[NFSD_MaxBlkSize] = write_maxblksize,
-	[NFSD_MaxConnections] = write_maxconn,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4
 	[NFSD_Leasetime] = write_leasetime,
 	[NFSD_Gracetime] = write_gracetime,
@@ -902,44 +899,6 @@ static ssize_t write_maxblksize(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 							nfsd_max_blksize);
 }
 
-/*
- * write_maxconn - Set or report the current max number of connections
- *
- * Input:
- *			buf:		ignored
- *			size:		zero
- * OR
- *
- * Input:
- *			buf:		C string containing an unsigned
- *					integer value representing the new
- *					number of max connections
- *			size:		non-zero length of C string in @buf
- * Output:
- *	On success:	passed-in buffer filled with '\n'-terminated C string
- *			containing numeric value of max_connections setting
- *			for this net namespace;
- *			return code is the size in bytes of the string
- *	On error:	return code is zero or a negative errno value
- */
-static ssize_t write_maxconn(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-	char *mesg = buf;
-	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(netns(file), nfsd_net_id);
-	unsigned int maxconn = nn->max_connections;
-
-	if (size > 0) {
-		int rv = get_uint(&mesg, &maxconn);
-
-		if (rv)
-			return rv;
-		trace_nfsd_ctl_maxconn(netns(file), maxconn);
-		nn->max_connections = maxconn;
-	}
-
-	return scnprintf(buf, SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT, "%u\n", maxconn);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4
 static ssize_t __nfsd4_write_time(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size,
 				  time64_t *time, struct nfsd_net *nn)
@@ -1372,7 +1331,6 @@ static int nfsd_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		[NFSD_Versions] = {"versions", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
 		[NFSD_Ports] = {"portlist", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO},
 		[NFSD_MaxBlkSize] = {"max_block_size", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO},
-		[NFSD_MaxConnections] = {"max_connections", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO},
 		[NFSD_Filecache] = {"filecache", &nfsd_file_cache_stats_fops, S_IRUGO},
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4
 		[NFSD_Leasetime] = {"nfsv4leasetime", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 49e2f32102ab5..b77097de59362 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -668,7 +668,6 @@ int nfsd_create_serv(struct net *net)
 	if (serv == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	serv->sv_maxconn = nn->max_connections;
 	error = svc_bind(serv, net);
 	if (error < 0) {
 		svc_destroy(&serv);
@@ -954,11 +953,7 @@ nfsd(void *vrqstp)
 	 * The main request loop
 	 */
 	while (!svc_thread_should_stop(rqstp)) {
-		/* Update sv_maxconn if it has changed */
-		rqstp->rq_server->sv_maxconn = nn->max_connections;
-
 		svc_recv(rqstp);
-
 		nfsd_file_net_dispose(nn);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 4f9418cbf8c99..74658cca0f38f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ struct svc_serv {
 	spinlock_t		sv_lock;
 	unsigned int		sv_nprogs;	/* Number of sv_programs */
 	unsigned int		sv_nrthreads;	/* # of server threads */
-	unsigned int		sv_maxconn;	/* max connections allowed or
-						 * '0' causing max to be based
-						 * on number of threads. */
-
 	unsigned int		sv_max_payload;	/* datagram payload size */
 	unsigned int		sv_max_mesg;	/* max_payload + 1 page for overheads */
 	unsigned int		sv_xdrsize;	/* XDR buffer size */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
index 7064ebbd550b5..72be609525796 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ enum {
 				 */
 };
 
+/*
+ * Maximum number of "tmp" connections - those without XPT_PEER_VALID -
+ * permitted on any service.
+ */
+#define XPT_MAX_TMP_CONN	64
+
 static inline void svc_xprt_set_valid(struct svc_xprt *xpt)
 {
 	if (test_bit(XPT_TEMP, &xpt->xpt_flags) &&
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index dbd96b295dfa0..06779b4cdd0a2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -619,16 +619,10 @@ int svc_port_is_privileged(struct sockaddr *sin)
  * The only somewhat efficient mechanism would be if drop old
  * connections from the same IP first. But right now we don't even
  * record the client IP in svc_sock.
- *
- * single-threaded services that expect a lot of clients will probably
- * need to set sv_maxconn to override the default value which is based
- * on the number of threads
  */
 static void svc_check_conn_limits(struct svc_serv *serv)
 {
-	unsigned int limit = serv->sv_maxconn ? serv->sv_maxconn : 64;
-
-	if (serv->sv_tmpcnt > limit) {
+	if (serv->sv_tmpcnt > XPT_MAX_TMP_CONN) {
 		struct svc_xprt *xprt = NULL, *xprti;
 		spin_lock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
 		if (!list_empty(&serv->sv_tempsocks)) {