diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 6298dc3..97f4311 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 	char *domainname;
 	char *UNC;
 	char *UNCip;
-	char *in6_addr;   /* ipv6 address as human readable form of in6_addr */
 	char *iocharset;  /* local code page for mapping to and from Unicode */
 	char source_rfc1001_name[16]; /* netbios name of client */
 	char target_rfc1001_name[16]; /* netbios name of server for Win9x/ME */
@@ -1320,16 +1319,6 @@
 			vol->direct_io = 1;
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "forcedirectio", 13) == 0) {
 			vol->direct_io = 1;
-		} else if (strnicmp(data, "in6_addr", 8) == 0) {
-			if (!value || !*value) {
-				vol->in6_addr = NULL;
-			} else if (strnlen(value, 49) == 48) {
-				vol->in6_addr = value;
-			} else {
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: ip v6 address not "
-						    "48 characters long\n");
-				return 1;
-			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "noac", 4) == 0) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: Mount option noac not "
 				"supported. Instead set "