diff --git a/crypto/ahash.c b/crypto/ahash.c
index e98a1398ed7fc78af3548b91097af58e4fb84d90..2b8449fdb93c275f5aeed065427b3706e0f685d4 100644
--- a/crypto/ahash.c
+++ b/crypto/ahash.c
@@ -655,31 +655,6 @@ int ahash_register_instance(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ahash_register_instance);
 
-void ahash_free_instance(struct crypto_instance *inst)
-{
-	crypto_drop_spawn(crypto_instance_ctx(inst));
-	kfree(ahash_instance(inst));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ahash_free_instance);
-
-int crypto_init_ahash_spawn(struct crypto_ahash_spawn *spawn,
-			    struct hash_alg_common *alg,
-			    struct crypto_instance *inst)
-{
-	return crypto_init_spawn2(&spawn->base, &alg->base, inst,
-				  &crypto_ahash_type);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_init_ahash_spawn);
-
-struct hash_alg_common *ahash_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta, u32 type, u32 mask)
-{
-	struct crypto_alg *alg;
-
-	alg = crypto_attr_alg2(rta, &crypto_ahash_type, type, mask);
-	return IS_ERR(alg) ? ERR_CAST(alg) : __crypto_hash_alg_common(alg);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ahash_attr_alg);
-
 bool crypto_hash_alg_has_setkey(struct hash_alg_common *halg)
 {
 	struct crypto_alg *alg = &halg->base;
diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index a25ce02918f8a01109478f8771df52ddbe0d3131..f66a4ff57e6e7808485a20d5371cd0384f226838 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -697,23 +697,6 @@ int crypto_init_spawn(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, struct crypto_alg *alg,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_init_spawn);
 
-int crypto_init_spawn2(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, struct crypto_alg *alg,
-		       struct crypto_instance *inst,
-		       const struct crypto_type *frontend)
-{
-	int err = -EINVAL;
-
-	if ((alg->cra_flags ^ frontend->type) & frontend->maskset)
-		goto out;
-
-	spawn->frontend = frontend;
-	err = crypto_init_spawn(spawn, alg, inst, frontend->maskset);
-
-out:
-	return err;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_init_spawn2);
-
 int crypto_grab_spawn(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, struct crypto_instance *inst,
 		      const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
 {
@@ -876,20 +859,6 @@ const char *crypto_attr_alg_name(struct rtattr *rta)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_attr_alg_name);
 
-struct crypto_alg *crypto_attr_alg2(struct rtattr *rta,
-				    const struct crypto_type *frontend,
-				    u32 type, u32 mask)
-{
-	const char *name;
-
-	name = crypto_attr_alg_name(rta);
-	if (IS_ERR(name))
-		return ERR_CAST(name);
-
-	return crypto_find_alg(name, frontend, type, mask);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_attr_alg2);
-
 int crypto_attr_u32(struct rtattr *rta, u32 *num)
 {
 	struct crypto_attr_u32 *nu32;
@@ -923,32 +892,6 @@ int crypto_inst_setname(struct crypto_instance *inst, const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_inst_setname);
 
-void *crypto_alloc_instance(const char *name, struct crypto_alg *alg,
-			    unsigned int head)
-{
-	struct crypto_instance *inst;
-	char *p;
-	int err;
-
-	p = kzalloc(head + sizeof(*inst) + sizeof(struct crypto_spawn),
-		    GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	inst = (void *)(p + head);
-
-	err = crypto_inst_setname(inst, name, alg);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_free_inst;
-
-	return p;
-
-err_free_inst:
-	kfree(p);
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_alloc_instance);
-
 void crypto_init_queue(struct crypto_queue *queue, unsigned int max_qlen)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->list);
diff --git a/crypto/shash.c b/crypto/shash.c
index e0872ac2729a1227a1607777f85bed569b4e5d4a..4d6ccb59e126b92c7752c06f47b2b15286ff868a 100644
--- a/crypto/shash.c
+++ b/crypto/shash.c
@@ -584,24 +584,5 @@ void shash_free_instance(struct crypto_instance *inst)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shash_free_instance);
 
-int crypto_init_shash_spawn(struct crypto_shash_spawn *spawn,
-			    struct shash_alg *alg,
-			    struct crypto_instance *inst)
-{
-	return crypto_init_spawn2(&spawn->base, &alg->base, inst,
-				  &crypto_shash_type);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_init_shash_spawn);
-
-struct shash_alg *shash_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta, u32 type, u32 mask)
-{
-	struct crypto_alg *alg;
-
-	alg = crypto_attr_alg2(rta, &crypto_shash_type, type, mask);
-	return IS_ERR(alg) ? ERR_CAST(alg) :
-	       container_of(alg, struct shash_alg, base);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shash_attr_alg);
-
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synchronous cryptographic hash type");
diff --git a/include/crypto/algapi.h b/include/crypto/algapi.h
index bbf85a854a4298c397ae4fe8a50c36b0e67bbb85..224c72743ccecb4f0e8053bffc95889355d0f814 100644
--- a/include/crypto/algapi.h
+++ b/include/crypto/algapi.h
@@ -113,12 +113,8 @@ void crypto_unregister_instance(struct crypto_instance *inst);
 
 int crypto_init_spawn(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, struct crypto_alg *alg,
 		      struct crypto_instance *inst, u32 mask);
-int crypto_init_spawn2(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, struct crypto_alg *alg,
-		       struct crypto_instance *inst,
-		       const struct crypto_type *frontend);
 int crypto_grab_spawn(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, struct crypto_instance *inst,
 		      const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask);
-
 void crypto_drop_spawn(struct crypto_spawn *spawn);
 struct crypto_tfm *crypto_spawn_tfm(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, u32 type,
 				    u32 mask);
@@ -127,21 +123,9 @@ void *crypto_spawn_tfm2(struct crypto_spawn *spawn);
 struct crypto_attr_type *crypto_get_attr_type(struct rtattr **tb);
 int crypto_check_attr_type(struct rtattr **tb, u32 type);
 const char *crypto_attr_alg_name(struct rtattr *rta);
-struct crypto_alg *crypto_attr_alg2(struct rtattr *rta,
-				    const struct crypto_type *frontend,
-				    u32 type, u32 mask);
-
-static inline struct crypto_alg *crypto_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta,
-						 u32 type, u32 mask)
-{
-	return crypto_attr_alg2(rta, NULL, type, mask);
-}
-
 int crypto_attr_u32(struct rtattr *rta, u32 *num);
 int crypto_inst_setname(struct crypto_instance *inst, const char *name,
 			struct crypto_alg *alg);
-void *crypto_alloc_instance(const char *name, struct crypto_alg *alg,
-			    unsigned int head);
 
 void crypto_init_queue(struct crypto_queue *queue, unsigned int max_qlen);
 int crypto_enqueue_request(struct crypto_queue *queue,
@@ -254,12 +238,6 @@ static inline struct crypto_async_request *crypto_get_backlog(
 	       container_of(queue->backlog, struct crypto_async_request, list);
 }
 
-static inline struct crypto_alg *crypto_get_attr_alg(struct rtattr **tb,
-						     u32 type, u32 mask)
-{
-	return crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], type, mask);
-}
-
 static inline int crypto_requires_off(u32 type, u32 mask, u32 off)
 {
 	return (type ^ off) & mask & off;
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/hash.h b/include/crypto/internal/hash.h
index e1024fa0032fe6778b1d1caf3e09ef4f61f7cac9..79e561abef61767bb6428c39dd528f8225462413 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/hash.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/hash.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ int crypto_register_ahashes(struct ahash_alg *algs, int count);
 void crypto_unregister_ahashes(struct ahash_alg *algs, int count);
 int ahash_register_instance(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 			    struct ahash_instance *inst);
-void ahash_free_instance(struct crypto_instance *inst);
 
 int shash_no_setkey(struct crypto_shash *tfm, const u8 *key,
 		    unsigned int keylen);
@@ -105,10 +104,6 @@ static inline bool crypto_shash_alg_needs_key(struct shash_alg *alg)
 
 bool crypto_hash_alg_has_setkey(struct hash_alg_common *halg);
 
-int crypto_init_ahash_spawn(struct crypto_ahash_spawn *spawn,
-			    struct hash_alg_common *alg,
-			    struct crypto_instance *inst);
-
 int crypto_grab_ahash(struct crypto_ahash_spawn *spawn,
 		      struct crypto_instance *inst,
 		      const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask);
@@ -124,8 +119,6 @@ static inline struct hash_alg_common *crypto_spawn_ahash_alg(
 	return __crypto_hash_alg_common(spawn->base.alg);
 }
 
-struct hash_alg_common *ahash_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta, u32 type, u32 mask);
-
 int crypto_register_shash(struct shash_alg *alg);
 void crypto_unregister_shash(struct shash_alg *alg);
 int crypto_register_shashes(struct shash_alg *algs, int count);
@@ -134,10 +127,6 @@ int shash_register_instance(struct crypto_template *tmpl,
 			    struct shash_instance *inst);
 void shash_free_instance(struct crypto_instance *inst);
 
-int crypto_init_shash_spawn(struct crypto_shash_spawn *spawn,
-			    struct shash_alg *alg,
-			    struct crypto_instance *inst);
-
 int crypto_grab_shash(struct crypto_shash_spawn *spawn,
 		      struct crypto_instance *inst,
 		      const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask);
@@ -153,8 +142,6 @@ static inline struct shash_alg *crypto_spawn_shash_alg(
 	return __crypto_shash_alg(spawn->base.alg);
 }
 
-struct shash_alg *shash_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta, u32 type, u32 mask);
-
 int shash_ahash_update(struct ahash_request *req, struct shash_desc *desc);
 int shash_ahash_finup(struct ahash_request *req, struct shash_desc *desc);
 int shash_ahash_digest(struct ahash_request *req, struct shash_desc *desc);
@@ -195,17 +182,6 @@ static inline void *ahash_instance_ctx(struct ahash_instance *inst)
 	return crypto_instance_ctx(ahash_crypto_instance(inst));
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int ahash_instance_headroom(void)
-{
-	return sizeof(struct ahash_alg) - sizeof(struct crypto_alg);
-}
-
-static inline struct ahash_instance *ahash_alloc_instance(
-	const char *name, struct crypto_alg *alg)
-{
-	return crypto_alloc_instance(name, alg, ahash_instance_headroom());
-}
-
 static inline void ahash_request_complete(struct ahash_request *req, int err)
 {
 	req->base.complete(&req->base, err);
@@ -262,13 +238,6 @@ static inline void *shash_instance_ctx(struct shash_instance *inst)
 	return crypto_instance_ctx(shash_crypto_instance(inst));
 }
 
-static inline struct shash_instance *shash_alloc_instance(
-	const char *name, struct crypto_alg *alg)
-{
-	return crypto_alloc_instance(name, alg,
-				     sizeof(struct shash_alg) - sizeof(*alg));
-}
-
 static inline struct crypto_shash *crypto_spawn_shash(
 	struct crypto_shash_spawn *spawn)
 {