static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init mds_update_mitigation(void);
 static void __init mds_apply_mitigation(void);
-static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void);
-static void __init md_clear_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init taa_update_mitigation(void);
 static void __init taa_apply_mitigation(void);
        taa_select_mitigation();
        mmio_select_mitigation();
        rfds_select_mitigation();
-       md_clear_select_mitigation();
        srbds_select_mitigation();
        l1d_flush_select_mitigation();
 
 }
 early_param("reg_file_data_sampling", rfds_parse_cmdline);
 
-#undef pr_fmt
-#define pr_fmt(fmt)     "" fmt
-
-static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void)
-{
-       if (cpu_mitigations_off())
-               return;
-
-       if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF))
-               goto out;
-
-       /*
-        * X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF is now enabled. Update MDS, TAA and MMIO
-        * Stale Data mitigation, if necessary.
-        */
-       if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_OFF &&
-           boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS)) {
-               mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
-               mds_select_mitigation();
-       }
-       if (taa_mitigation == TAA_MITIGATION_OFF &&
-           boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_TAA)) {
-               taa_mitigation = TAA_MITIGATION_VERW;
-               taa_select_mitigation();
-       }
-       /*
-        * MMIO_MITIGATION_OFF is not checked here so that cpu_buf_vm_clear
-        * gets updated correctly as per X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF state.
-        */
-       if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA)) {
-               mmio_mitigation = MMIO_MITIGATION_VERW;
-               mmio_select_mitigation();
-       }
-       if (rfds_mitigation == RFDS_MITIGATION_OFF &&
-           boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RFDS)) {
-               rfds_mitigation = RFDS_MITIGATION_VERW;
-               rfds_select_mitigation();
-       }
-out:
-       if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS))
-               pr_info("MDS: %s\n", mds_strings[mds_mitigation]);
-       if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_TAA))
-               pr_info("TAA: %s\n", taa_strings[taa_mitigation]);
-       if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA))
-               pr_info("MMIO Stale Data: %s\n", mmio_strings[mmio_mitigation]);
-       else if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN))
-               pr_info("MMIO Stale Data: Unknown: No mitigations\n");
-       if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RFDS))
-               pr_info("Register File Data Sampling: %s\n", rfds_strings[rfds_mitigation]);
-}
-
-static void __init md_clear_select_mitigation(void)
-{
-
-       /*
-        * As these mitigations are inter-related and rely on VERW instruction
-        * to clear the microarchitural buffers, update and print their status
-        * after mitigation selection is done for each of these vulnerabilities.
-        */
-       md_clear_update_mitigation();
-}
-
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)    "SRBDS: " fmt