diff --git a/include/sys/vdev_disk.h b/include/sys/vdev_disk.h
index c6d5f92b22bc..15570b10553f 100644
--- a/include/sys/vdev_disk.h
+++ b/include/sys/vdev_disk.h
@@ -37,11 +37,5 @@ typedef struct vdev_disk {
 	struct block_device	*vd_bdev;
 } vdev_disk_t;
 
-#ifndef __linux__
-extern int vdev_disk_physio(struct block_device *, caddr_t,
-			    size_t, uint64_t, int);
-extern int vdev_disk_read_rootlabel(char *, char *, nvlist_t **);
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _KERNEL */
 #endif /* _SYS_VDEV_DISK_H */
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index 15c87866e69e..2f1ebe517b5e 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -3971,211 +3971,6 @@ spa_create(const char *pool, nvlist_t *nvroot, nvlist_t *props,
 	return (0);
 }
 
-#if defined(_KERNEL) && !defined(__linux__)
-/*
- * Get the root pool information from the root disk, then import the root pool
- * during the system boot up time.
- */
-extern int vdev_disk_read_rootlabel(char *, char *, nvlist_t **);
-
-static nvlist_t *
-spa_generate_rootconf(char *devpath, char *devid, uint64_t *guid)
-{
-	nvlist_t *config;
-	nvlist_t *nvtop, *nvroot;
-	uint64_t pgid;
-
-	if (vdev_disk_read_rootlabel(devpath, devid, &config) != 0)
-		return (NULL);
-
-	/*
-	 * Add this top-level vdev to the child array.
-	 */
-	VERIFY(nvlist_lookup_nvlist(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_VDEV_TREE,
-	    &nvtop) == 0);
-	VERIFY(nvlist_lookup_uint64(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_GUID,
-	    &pgid) == 0);
-	VERIFY(nvlist_lookup_uint64(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_GUID, guid) == 0);
-
-	/*
-	 * Put this pool's top-level vdevs into a root vdev.
-	 */
-	VERIFY(nvlist_alloc(&nvroot, NV_UNIQUE_NAME, KM_SLEEP) == 0);
-	VERIFY(nvlist_add_string(nvroot, ZPOOL_CONFIG_TYPE,
-	    VDEV_TYPE_ROOT) == 0);
-	VERIFY(nvlist_add_uint64(nvroot, ZPOOL_CONFIG_ID, 0ULL) == 0);
-	VERIFY(nvlist_add_uint64(nvroot, ZPOOL_CONFIG_GUID, pgid) == 0);
-	VERIFY(nvlist_add_nvlist_array(nvroot, ZPOOL_CONFIG_CHILDREN,
-	    &nvtop, 1) == 0);
-
-	/*
-	 * Replace the existing vdev_tree with the new root vdev in
-	 * this pool's configuration (remove the old, add the new).
-	 */
-	VERIFY(nvlist_add_nvlist(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_VDEV_TREE, nvroot) == 0);
-	nvlist_free(nvroot);
-	return (config);
-}
-
-/*
- * Walk the vdev tree and see if we can find a device with "better"
- * configuration. A configuration is "better" if the label on that
- * device has a more recent txg.
- */
-static void
-spa_alt_rootvdev(vdev_t *vd, vdev_t **avd, uint64_t *txg)
-{
-	int c;
-
-	for (c = 0; c < vd->vdev_children; c++)
-		spa_alt_rootvdev(vd->vdev_child[c], avd, txg);
-
-	if (vd->vdev_ops->vdev_op_leaf) {
-		nvlist_t *label;
-		uint64_t label_txg;
-
-		if (vdev_disk_read_rootlabel(vd->vdev_physpath, vd->vdev_devid,
-		    &label) != 0)
-			return;
-
-		VERIFY(nvlist_lookup_uint64(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_TXG,
-		    &label_txg) == 0);
-
-		/*
-		 * Do we have a better boot device?
-		 */
-		if (label_txg > *txg) {
-			*txg = label_txg;
-			*avd = vd;
-		}
-		nvlist_free(label);
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * Import a root pool.
- *
- * For x86. devpath_list will consist of devid and/or physpath name of
- * the vdev (e.g. "id1,sd@SSEAGATE..." or "/pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:a").
- * The GRUB "findroot" command will return the vdev we should boot.
- *
- * For Sparc, devpath_list consists the physpath name of the booting device
- * no matter the rootpool is a single device pool or a mirrored pool.
- * e.g.
- *	"/pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:a"
- */
-int
-spa_import_rootpool(char *devpath, char *devid)
-{
-	spa_t *spa;
-	vdev_t *rvd, *bvd, *avd = NULL;
-	nvlist_t *config, *nvtop;
-	uint64_t guid, txg;
-	char *pname;
-	int error;
-
-	/*
-	 * Read the label from the boot device and generate a configuration.
-	 */
-	config = spa_generate_rootconf(devpath, devid, &guid);
-#if defined(_OBP) && defined(_KERNEL)
-	if (config == NULL) {
-		if (strstr(devpath, "/iscsi/ssd") != NULL) {
-			/* iscsi boot */
-			get_iscsi_bootpath_phy(devpath);
-			config = spa_generate_rootconf(devpath, devid, &guid);
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-	if (config == NULL) {
-		cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "Cannot read the pool label from '%s'",
-		    devpath);
-		return (SET_ERROR(EIO));
-	}
-
-	VERIFY(nvlist_lookup_string(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_NAME,
-	    &pname) == 0);
-	VERIFY(nvlist_lookup_uint64(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_TXG, &txg) == 0);
-
-	mutex_enter(&spa_namespace_lock);
-	if ((spa = spa_lookup(pname)) != NULL) {
-		/*
-		 * Remove the existing root pool from the namespace so that we
-		 * can replace it with the correct config we just read in.
-		 */
-		spa_remove(spa);
-	}
-
-	spa = spa_add(pname, config, NULL);
-	spa->spa_is_root = B_TRUE;
-	spa->spa_import_flags = ZFS_IMPORT_VERBATIM;
-
-	/*
-	 * Build up a vdev tree based on the boot device's label config.
-	 */
-	VERIFY(nvlist_lookup_nvlist(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_VDEV_TREE,
-	    &nvtop) == 0);
-	spa_config_enter(spa, SCL_ALL, FTAG, RW_WRITER);
-	error = spa_config_parse(spa, &rvd, nvtop, NULL, 0,
-	    VDEV_ALLOC_ROOTPOOL);
-	spa_config_exit(spa, SCL_ALL, FTAG);
-	if (error) {
-		mutex_exit(&spa_namespace_lock);
-		nvlist_free(config);
-		cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "Can not parse the config for pool '%s'",
-		    pname);
-		return (error);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Get the boot vdev.
-	 */
-	if ((bvd = vdev_lookup_by_guid(rvd, guid)) == NULL) {
-		cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "Can not find the boot vdev for guid %llu",
-		    (u_longlong_t)guid);
-		error = SET_ERROR(ENOENT);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Determine if there is a better boot device.
-	 */
-	avd = bvd;
-	spa_alt_rootvdev(rvd, &avd, &txg);
-	if (avd != bvd) {
-		cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "The boot device is 'degraded'. Please "
-		    "try booting from '%s'", avd->vdev_path);
-		error = SET_ERROR(EINVAL);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If the boot device is part of a spare vdev then ensure that
-	 * we're booting off the active spare.
-	 */
-	if (bvd->vdev_parent->vdev_ops == &vdev_spare_ops &&
-	    !bvd->vdev_isspare) {
-		cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "The boot device is currently spared. Please "
-		    "try booting from '%s'",
-		    bvd->vdev_parent->
-		    vdev_child[bvd->vdev_parent->vdev_children - 1]->vdev_path);
-		error = SET_ERROR(EINVAL);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	error = 0;
-out:
-	spa_config_enter(spa, SCL_ALL, FTAG, RW_WRITER);
-	vdev_free(rvd);
-	spa_config_exit(spa, SCL_ALL, FTAG);
-	mutex_exit(&spa_namespace_lock);
-
-	nvlist_free(config);
-	return (error);
-}
-
-#endif /* defined(_KERNEL) && !defined(__linux__) */
-
 /*
  * Import a non-root pool into the system.
  */
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
index ccf1d839d99a..e399e6630639 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -602,16 +602,6 @@ __vdev_disk_physio(struct block_device *bdev, zio_t *zio, caddr_t kbuf_ptr,
 	return (error);
 }
 
-#ifndef __linux__
-int
-vdev_disk_physio(struct block_device *bdev, caddr_t kbuf,
-    size_t size, uint64_t offset, int rw, int flags)
-{
-	bio_set_flags_failfast(bdev, &flags);
-	return (__vdev_disk_physio(bdev, NULL, kbuf, size, offset, rw, flags));
-}
-#endif
-
 BIO_END_IO_PROTO(vdev_disk_io_flush_completion, bio, rc)
 {
 	zio_t *zio = bio->bi_private;
@@ -798,71 +788,5 @@ vdev_ops_t vdev_disk_ops = {
 	B_TRUE			/* leaf vdev */
 };
 
-#ifndef __linux__
-/*
- * Given the root disk device devid or pathname, read the label from
- * the device, and construct a configuration nvlist.
- */
-int
-vdev_disk_read_rootlabel(char *devpath, char *devid, nvlist_t **config)
-{
-	struct block_device *bdev;
-	vdev_label_t *label;
-	uint64_t s, size;
-	int i;
-
-	bdev = vdev_bdev_open(devpath, vdev_bdev_mode(FREAD), zfs_vdev_holder);
-	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
-		return (-PTR_ERR(bdev));
-
-	s = bdev_capacity(bdev);
-	if (s == 0) {
-		vdev_bdev_close(bdev, vdev_bdev_mode(FREAD));
-		return (EIO);
-	}
-
-	size = P2ALIGN_TYPED(s, sizeof (vdev_label_t), uint64_t);
-	label = vmem_alloc(sizeof (vdev_label_t), KM_SLEEP);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < VDEV_LABELS; i++) {
-		uint64_t offset, state, txg = 0;
-
-		/* read vdev label */
-		offset = vdev_label_offset(size, i, 0);
-		if (vdev_disk_physio(bdev, (caddr_t)label,
-		    VDEV_SKIP_SIZE + VDEV_PHYS_SIZE, offset, READ,
-		    REQ_SYNC) != 0)
-			continue;
-
-		if (nvlist_unpack(label->vl_vdev_phys.vp_nvlist,
-		    sizeof (label->vl_vdev_phys.vp_nvlist), config, 0) != 0) {
-			*config = NULL;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (nvlist_lookup_uint64(*config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_STATE,
-		    &state) != 0 || state >= POOL_STATE_DESTROYED) {
-			nvlist_free(*config);
-			*config = NULL;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (nvlist_lookup_uint64(*config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_TXG,
-		    &txg) != 0 || txg == 0) {
-			nvlist_free(*config);
-			*config = NULL;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		break;
-	}
-
-	vmem_free(label, sizeof (vdev_label_t));
-	vdev_bdev_close(bdev, vdev_bdev_mode(FREAD));
-
-	return (0);
-}
-#endif	/* __linux__ */
-
 module_param(zfs_vdev_scheduler, charp, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(zfs_vdev_scheduler, "I/O scheduler");