diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/Kconfig b/fs/sdcardfs/Kconfig
index ab25f88ebb37a..a1c103316ac79 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/Kconfig
@@ -11,8 +11,3 @@ config SDCARD_FS_FADV_NOACTIVE
 	default y
 	help
 	  Sdcardfs supports fadvise noactive mode.
-
-config SDCARD_FS_CI_SEARCH
-	tristate "sdcardfs case-insensitive search support"
-	depends on SDCARD_FS
-	default y
diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/lookup.c b/fs/sdcardfs/lookup.c
index f80abcb6b4675..a01b06a514fd9 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/lookup.c
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/lookup.c
@@ -238,13 +238,8 @@ static struct dentry *__sdcardfs_lookup(struct dentry *dentry,
 	lower_dir_mnt = lower_parent_path->mnt;
 
 	/* Use vfs_path_lookup to check if the dentry exists or not */
-	if (sbi->options.lower_fs == LOWER_FS_EXT4) {
-		err = vfs_path_lookup(lower_dir_dentry, lower_dir_mnt, name,
-				LOOKUP_CASE_INSENSITIVE, &lower_path);
-	} else if (sbi->options.lower_fs == LOWER_FS_FAT) {
-		err = vfs_path_lookup(lower_dir_dentry, lower_dir_mnt, name, 0,
+	err = vfs_path_lookup(lower_dir_dentry, lower_dir_mnt, name, 0,
 				&lower_path);
-	}
 
 	/* no error: handle positive dentries */
 	if (!err) {
diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/main.c b/fs/sdcardfs/main.c
index 80aa355d801e4..a6522286d7314 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/main.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ static const match_table_t sdcardfs_tokens = {
 	{Opt_fsgid, "fsgid=%u"},
 	{Opt_gid, "gid=%u"},
 	{Opt_debug, "debug"},
-	{Opt_lower_fs, "lower_fs=%s"},
 	{Opt_mask, "mask=%u"},
 	{Opt_userid, "userid=%d"},
 	{Opt_multiuser, "multiuser"},
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, int silent,
 	char *p;
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
 	int option;
-	char *string_option;
 
 	/* by default, we use AID_MEDIA_RW as uid, gid */
 	opts->fs_low_uid = AID_MEDIA_RW;
@@ -64,8 +62,6 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, int silent,
 	opts->multiuser = false;
 	opts->fs_user_id = 0;
 	opts->gid = 0;
-	/* by default, we use LOWER_FS_EXT4 as lower fs type */
-	opts->lower_fs = LOWER_FS_EXT4;
 	/* by default, 0MB is reserved */
 	opts->reserved_mb = 0;
 
@@ -113,18 +109,6 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, int silent,
 		case Opt_multiuser:
 			opts->multiuser = true;
 			break;
-		case Opt_lower_fs:
-			string_option = match_strdup(&args[0]);
-			if (!strcmp("ext4", string_option)) {
-				opts->lower_fs = LOWER_FS_EXT4;
-			} else if (!strcmp("fat", string_option)) {
-				opts->lower_fs = LOWER_FS_FAT;
-			} else {
-				kfree(string_option);
-				goto invalid_option;
-			}
-			kfree(string_option);
-			break;
 		case Opt_reserved_mb:
 			if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
 				return 0;
@@ -132,7 +116,6 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, int silent,
 			break;
 		/* unknown option */
 		default:
-invalid_option:
 			if (!silent) {
 				printk( KERN_ERR "Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" "
 						"or missing value", p);
diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h b/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h
index a7fd20542f307..62c59da5ca858 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/sdcardfs.h
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ typedef enum {
     PERM_ANDROID_MEDIA,
 } perm_t;
 
-typedef enum {
-	LOWER_FS_EXT4,
-	LOWER_FS_FAT,
-} lower_fs_t;
-
 struct sdcardfs_sb_info;
 struct sdcardfs_mount_options;
 
@@ -191,7 +186,6 @@ struct sdcardfs_mount_options {
 	gid_t fs_low_gid;
 	userid_t fs_user_id;
 	gid_t gid;
-	lower_fs_t lower_fs;
 	mode_t mask;
 	bool multiuser;
 	unsigned int reserved_mb;
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 1e595eb1fa9a1..c9ad7a100d052 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
 #define LOOKUP_JUMPED		0x1000
 #define LOOKUP_ROOT		0x2000
 #define LOOKUP_EMPTY		0x4000
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDCARD_FS_CI_SEARCH
-#define LOOKUP_CASE_INSENSITIVE 0x8000
-#endif
 
 extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);
 extern int user_path_at_empty(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *, int *empty);