diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/sysfs-api.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/sysfs-api.rst
index 15fb59a9365d..c803b89b7248 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/sysfs-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/sysfs-api.rst
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ temperature) and throttle appropriate devices.
     ops:
 	thermal zone device call-backs.
 
-	.bind:
-		bind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
-	.unbind:
-		unbind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
+	.should_bind:
+		check whether or not a given cooling device should be bound to
+		a given trip point in this thermal zone.
 	.get_temp:
 		get the current temperature of the thermal zone.
 	.set_trips:
@@ -246,56 +245,6 @@ temperature) and throttle appropriate devices.
     It deletes the corresponding entry from /sys/class/thermal folder and
     unbinds itself from all the thermal zone devices using it.
 
-1.3 interface for binding a thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    ::
-
-	int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
-		int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
-		unsigned long upper, unsigned long lower, unsigned int weight);
-
-    This interface function binds a thermal cooling device to a particular trip
-    point of a thermal zone device.
-
-    This function is usually called in the thermal zone device .bind callback.
-
-    tz:
-	  the thermal zone device
-    cdev:
-	  thermal cooling device
-    trip:
-	  indicates which trip point in this thermal zone the cooling device
-	  is associated with.
-    upper:
-	  the Maximum cooling state for this trip point.
-	  THERMAL_NO_LIMIT means no upper limit,
-	  and the cooling device can be in max_state.
-    lower:
-	  the Minimum cooling state can be used for this trip point.
-	  THERMAL_NO_LIMIT means no lower limit,
-	  and the cooling device can be in cooling state 0.
-    weight:
-	  the influence of this cooling device in this thermal
-	  zone.  See 1.4.1 below for more information.
-
-    ::
-
-	int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
-				int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
-
-    This interface function unbinds a thermal cooling device from a particular
-    trip point of a thermal zone device. This function is usually called in
-    the thermal zone device .unbind callback.
-
-    tz:
-	the thermal zone device
-    cdev:
-	thermal cooling device
-    trip:
-	indicates which trip point in this thermal zone the cooling device
-	is associated with.
-
 1.4 Thermal Zone Parameters
 ---------------------------
 
@@ -366,8 +315,6 @@ Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered::
 
 Then next two dynamic attributes are created/removed in pairs. They represent
 the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated cooling device.
-They are created/removed for each successful execution of
-thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device.
 
 ::
 
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 68fb85c18afa..9ca9d741fa0f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -886,28 +886,6 @@ static int thermal_bind_cdev_to_trip(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	return result;
 }
 
-int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
-				     int trip_index,
-				     struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
-				     unsigned long upper, unsigned long lower,
-				     unsigned int weight)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (trip_index < 0 || trip_index >= tz->num_trips)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	mutex_lock(&tz->lock);
-
-	ret = thermal_bind_cdev_to_trip(tz, &tz->trips[trip_index].trip, cdev,
-					upper, lower, weight);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&tz->lock);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device);
-
 /**
  * thermal_unbind_cdev_from_trip - unbind a cooling device from a thermal zone.
  * @tz:		pointer to a struct thermal_zone_device.
@@ -953,25 +931,6 @@ static int thermal_unbind_cdev_from_trip(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
-				       int trip_index,
-				       struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (trip_index < 0 || trip_index >= tz->num_trips)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	mutex_lock(&tz->lock);
-
-	ret = thermal_unbind_cdev_from_trip(tz, &tz->trips[trip_index].trip, cdev);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&tz->lock);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device);
-
 static void thermal_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tz;
@@ -1000,14 +959,8 @@ void print_bind_err_msg(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 			const struct thermal_trip *trip,
 			struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, int ret)
 {
-	if (trip) {
-		dev_err(&tz->device, "binding cdev %s to trip %d failed: %d\n",
-			cdev->type, thermal_zone_trip_id(tz, trip), ret);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	dev_err(&tz->device, "binding zone %s with cdev %s failed:%d\n",
-		tz->type, cdev->type, ret);
+	dev_err(&tz->device, "binding cdev %s to trip %d failed: %d\n",
+		cdev->type, thermal_zone_trip_id(tz, trip), ret);
 }
 
 static void thermal_zone_cdev_binding(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
@@ -1016,18 +969,6 @@ static void thermal_zone_cdev_binding(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	struct thermal_trip_desc *td;
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Old-style binding. The .bind() callback is expected to call
-	 * thermal_bind_cdev_to_trip() under the thermal zone lock.
-	 */
-	if (tz->ops.bind) {
-		ret = tz->ops.bind(tz, cdev);
-		if (ret)
-			print_bind_err_msg(tz, NULL, cdev, ret);
-
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (!tz->ops.should_bind)
 		return;
 
@@ -1354,15 +1295,6 @@ static void thermal_zone_cdev_unbinding(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 {
 	struct thermal_trip_desc *td;
 
-	/*
-	 * Old-style unbinding.  The .unbind callback is expected to call
-	 * thermal_unbind_cdev_from_trip() under the thermal zone lock.
-	 */
-	if (tz->ops.unbind) {
-		tz->ops.unbind(tz, cdev);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	mutex_lock(&tz->lock);
 
 	for_each_trip_desc(tz, td)
@@ -1496,8 +1428,7 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	if (!ops || !ops->get_temp || (ops->should_bind && ops->bind) ||
-	    (ops->should_bind && ops->unbind)) {
+	if (!ops || !ops->get_temp) {
 		pr_err("Thermal zone device ops not defined or invalid\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 6599a26847f7..25ea8fe2313e 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ struct cooling_spec {
 };
 
 struct thermal_zone_device_ops {
-	int (*bind) (struct thermal_zone_device *,
-		     struct thermal_cooling_device *);
-	int (*unbind) (struct thermal_zone_device *,
-		       struct thermal_cooling_device *);
 	bool (*should_bind) (struct thermal_zone_device *,
 			     const struct thermal_trip *,
 			     struct thermal_cooling_device *,
@@ -247,12 +243,6 @@ const char *thermal_zone_device_type(struct thermal_zone_device *tzd);
 int thermal_zone_device_id(struct thermal_zone_device *tzd);
 struct device *thermal_zone_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tzd);
 
-int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *, int,
-				     struct thermal_cooling_device *,
-				     unsigned long, unsigned long,
-				     unsigned int);
-int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *, int,
-				       struct thermal_cooling_device *);
 void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *,
 				enum thermal_notify_event);