diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
index 5adbc33d1ab38c506c541e244024560c02686057..472120b4fac57584f30998d1be87c672607eb643 100644
--- a/include/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ struct tcp_sock {
 
 	/* from STCP, retrans queue hinting */
 	struct sk_buff* lost_skb_hint;
-	struct sk_buff *scoreboard_skb_hint;
 	struct sk_buff *retransmit_skb_hint;
 
 	struct sk_buff_head	out_of_order_queue; /* Out of order segments go here */
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 5bba80fbd1d9d92738d115cbc870bf0612cb0305..e1c3723f161fffbe45d9575deb6fca349c1aff94 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1193,7 +1193,6 @@ static inline void tcp_mib_init(struct net *net)
 static inline void tcp_clear_retrans_hints_partial(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 {
 	tp->lost_skb_hint = NULL;
-	tp->scoreboard_skb_hint = NULL;
 }
 
 static inline void tcp_clear_all_retrans_hints(struct tcp_sock *tp)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index b358e8c986076c314907420e402cb11b367e18ac..d7d369428ae4839fe4f8d5a9a2508b15d75110d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1255,8 +1255,6 @@ static bool tcp_shifted_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (skb == tp->retransmit_skb_hint)
 		tp->retransmit_skb_hint = prev;
-	if (skb == tp->scoreboard_skb_hint)
-		tp->scoreboard_skb_hint = prev;
 	if (skb == tp->lost_skb_hint) {
 		tp->lost_skb_hint = prev;
 		tp->lost_cnt_hint -= tcp_skb_pcount(prev);
@@ -1964,20 +1962,6 @@ static bool tcp_pause_early_retransmit(struct sock *sk, int flag)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static inline int tcp_skb_timedout(const struct sock *sk,
-				   const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return tcp_time_stamp - TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when > inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto;
-}
-
-static inline int tcp_head_timedout(const struct sock *sk)
-{
-	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
-
-	return tp->packets_out &&
-	       tcp_skb_timedout(sk, tcp_write_queue_head(sk));
-}
-
 /* Linux NewReno/SACK/FACK/ECN state machine.
  * --------------------------------------
  *
@@ -2084,12 +2068,6 @@ static bool tcp_time_to_recover(struct sock *sk, int flag)
 	if (tcp_dupack_heuristics(tp) > tp->reordering)
 		return true;
 
-	/* Trick#3 : when we use RFC2988 timer restart, fast
-	 * retransmit can be triggered by timeout of queue head.
-	 */
-	if (tcp_is_fack(tp) && tcp_head_timedout(sk))
-		return true;
-
 	/* Trick#4: It is still not OK... But will it be useful to delay
 	 * recovery more?
 	 */
@@ -2126,44 +2104,6 @@ static bool tcp_time_to_recover(struct sock *sk, int flag)
 	return false;
 }
 
-/* New heuristics: it is possible only after we switched to restart timer
- * each time when something is ACKed. Hence, we can detect timed out packets
- * during fast retransmit without falling to slow start.
- *
- * Usefulness of this as is very questionable, since we should know which of
- * the segments is the next to timeout which is relatively expensive to find
- * in general case unless we add some data structure just for that. The
- * current approach certainly won't find the right one too often and when it
- * finally does find _something_ it usually marks large part of the window
- * right away (because a retransmission with a larger timestamp blocks the
- * loop from advancing). -ij
- */
-static void tcp_timeout_skbs(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-	if (!tcp_is_fack(tp) || !tcp_head_timedout(sk))
-		return;
-
-	skb = tp->scoreboard_skb_hint;
-	if (tp->scoreboard_skb_hint == NULL)
-		skb = tcp_write_queue_head(sk);
-
-	tcp_for_write_queue_from(skb, sk) {
-		if (skb == tcp_send_head(sk))
-			break;
-		if (!tcp_skb_timedout(sk, skb))
-			break;
-
-		tcp_skb_mark_lost(tp, skb);
-	}
-
-	tp->scoreboard_skb_hint = skb;
-
-	tcp_verify_left_out(tp);
-}
-
 /* Detect loss in event "A" above by marking head of queue up as lost.
  * For FACK or non-SACK(Reno) senders, the first "packets" number of segments
  * are considered lost. For RFC3517 SACK, a segment is considered lost if it
@@ -2249,8 +2189,6 @@ static void tcp_update_scoreboard(struct sock *sk, int fast_rexmit)
 		else if (fast_rexmit)
 			tcp_mark_head_lost(sk, 1, 1);
 	}
-
-	tcp_timeout_skbs(sk);
 }
 
 /* CWND moderation, preventing bursts due to too big ACKs
@@ -2842,7 +2780,7 @@ static void tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, int pkts_acked,
 		fast_rexmit = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (do_lost || (tcp_is_fack(tp) && tcp_head_timedout(sk)))
+	if (do_lost)
 		tcp_update_scoreboard(sk, fast_rexmit);
 	tcp_cwnd_reduction(sk, newly_acked_sacked, fast_rexmit);
 	tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(sk);
@@ -3075,7 +3013,6 @@ static int tcp_clean_rtx_queue(struct sock *sk, int prior_fackets,
 
 		tcp_unlink_write_queue(skb, sk);
 		sk_wmem_free_skb(sk, skb);
-		tp->scoreboard_skb_hint = NULL;
 		if (skb == tp->retransmit_skb_hint)
 			tp->retransmit_skb_hint = NULL;
 		if (skb == tp->lost_skb_hint)