diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 73979ed..9fb656d 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -672,62 +672,6 @@
 void nf_tables_set_elem_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				const struct nft_set *set, void *elem);
 
-/**
- *	struct nft_set_gc_batch_head - nf_tables set garbage collection batch
- *
- *	@rcu: rcu head
- *	@set: set the elements belong to
- *	@cnt: count of elements
- */
-struct nft_set_gc_batch_head {
-	struct rcu_head			rcu;
-	const struct nft_set		*set;
-	unsigned int			cnt;
-};
-
-#define NFT_SET_GC_BATCH_SIZE	((PAGE_SIZE -				  \
-				  sizeof(struct nft_set_gc_batch_head)) / \
-				 sizeof(void *))
-
-/**
- *	struct nft_set_gc_batch - nf_tables set garbage collection batch
- *
- * 	@head: GC batch head
- * 	@elems: garbage collection elements
- */
-struct nft_set_gc_batch {
-	struct nft_set_gc_batch_head	head;
-	void				*elems[NFT_SET_GC_BATCH_SIZE];
-};
-
-struct nft_set_gc_batch *nft_set_gc_batch_alloc(const struct nft_set *set,
-						gfp_t gfp);
-void nft_set_gc_batch_release(struct rcu_head *rcu);
-
-static inline void nft_set_gc_batch_complete(struct nft_set_gc_batch *gcb)
-{
-	if (gcb != NULL)
-		call_rcu(&gcb->head.rcu, nft_set_gc_batch_release);
-}
-
-static inline struct nft_set_gc_batch *
-nft_set_gc_batch_check(const struct nft_set *set, struct nft_set_gc_batch *gcb,
-		       gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	if (gcb != NULL) {
-		if (gcb->head.cnt + 1 < ARRAY_SIZE(gcb->elems))
-			return gcb;
-		nft_set_gc_batch_complete(gcb);
-	}
-	return nft_set_gc_batch_alloc(set, gfp);
-}
-
-static inline void nft_set_gc_batch_add(struct nft_set_gc_batch *gcb,
-					void *elem)
-{
-	gcb->elems[gcb->head.cnt++] = elem;
-}
-
 struct nft_expr_ops;
 /**
  *	struct nft_expr_type - nf_tables expression type
@@ -1354,47 +1298,12 @@
 
 #endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_TABLES) */
 
-/*
- * We use a free bit in the genmask field to indicate the element
- * is busy, meaning it is currently being processed either by
- * the netlink API or GC.
- *
- * Even though the genmask is only a single byte wide, this works
- * because the extension structure if fully constant once initialized,
- * so there are no non-atomic write accesses unless it is already
- * marked busy.
- */
-#define NFT_SET_ELEM_BUSY_MASK	(1 << 2)
+#define NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_MASK (1 << 2)
 
 #if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
-#define NFT_SET_ELEM_BUSY_BIT	2
+#define NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT	2
 #elif defined(__BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
-#define NFT_SET_ELEM_BUSY_BIT	(BITS_PER_LONG - BITS_PER_BYTE + 2)
-#else
-#error
-#endif
-
-static inline int nft_set_elem_mark_busy(struct nft_set_ext *ext)
-{
-	unsigned long *word = (unsigned long *)ext;
-
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct nft_set_ext, genmask) != 0);
-	return test_and_set_bit(NFT_SET_ELEM_BUSY_BIT, word);
-}
-
-static inline void nft_set_elem_clear_busy(struct nft_set_ext *ext)
-{
-	unsigned long *word = (unsigned long *)ext;
-
-	clear_bit(NFT_SET_ELEM_BUSY_BIT, word);
-}
-
-#define NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_MASK (1 << 3)
-
-#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
-#define NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT	3
-#elif defined(__BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
-#define NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT	(BITS_PER_LONG - BITS_PER_BYTE + 3)
+#define NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT	(BITS_PER_LONG - BITS_PER_BYTE + 2)
 #else
 #error
 #endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 9027f9c..0c66616 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4879,7 +4879,8 @@
 	if (trans == NULL)
 		goto err4;
 
-	ext->genmask = nft_genmask_cur(ctx->net) | NFT_SET_ELEM_BUSY_MASK;
+	ext->genmask = nft_genmask_cur(ctx->net);
+
 	err = set->ops->insert(ctx->net, set, &elem, &ext2);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -EEXIST) {
@@ -5172,31 +5173,6 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-void nft_set_gc_batch_release(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-{
-	struct nft_set_gc_batch *gcb;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	gcb = container_of(rcu, struct nft_set_gc_batch, head.rcu);
-	for (i = 0; i < gcb->head.cnt; i++)
-		nft_set_elem_destroy(gcb->head.set, gcb->elems[i], true);
-	kfree(gcb);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_set_gc_batch_release);
-
-struct nft_set_gc_batch *nft_set_gc_batch_alloc(const struct nft_set *set,
-						gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	struct nft_set_gc_batch *gcb;
-
-	gcb = kzalloc(sizeof(*gcb), gfp);
-	if (gcb == NULL)
-		return gcb;
-	gcb->head.set = set;
-	return gcb;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_set_gc_batch_alloc);
-
 /*
  * Stateful objects
  */