diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result
index 87e000faf025f..320d34fc63b23 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_innodb.result
@@ -2595,20 +2595,6 @@ NUMERIC_BLOCK_SIZE	NULL
 ENUM_VALUE_LIST	OFF,ON
 READ_ONLY	YES
 COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENT	NONE
-VARIABLE_NAME	INNODB_USE_FALLOCATE
-SESSION_VALUE	NULL
-GLOBAL_VALUE	OFF
-GLOBAL_VALUE_ORIGIN	COMPILE-TIME
-DEFAULT_VALUE	OFF
-VARIABLE_SCOPE	GLOBAL
-VARIABLE_TYPE	BOOLEAN
-VARIABLE_COMMENT	Use posix_fallocate() to allocate files. DEPRECATED, has no effect.
-NUMERIC_MIN_VALUE	NULL
-NUMERIC_MAX_VALUE	NULL
-NUMERIC_BLOCK_SIZE	NULL
-ENUM_VALUE_LIST	OFF,ON
-READ_ONLY	YES
-COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENT	NONE
 VARIABLE_NAME	INNODB_USE_MTFLUSH
 SESSION_VALUE	NULL
 GLOBAL_VALUE	OFF
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 6a6a049d5a6af..92bc927c58a85 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ values */
 static ulong	innobase_fast_shutdown			= 1;
 static my_bool	innobase_file_format_check		= TRUE;
 static my_bool	innobase_use_atomic_writes		= FALSE;
-static my_bool	innobase_use_fallocate;
 static my_bool	innobase_use_doublewrite		= TRUE;
 static my_bool	innobase_use_checksums			= TRUE;
 static my_bool	innobase_locks_unsafe_for_binlog	= FALSE;
@@ -4639,12 +4638,6 @@ innobase_init(
 
 	innobase_commit_concurrency_init_default();
 
-	if (innobase_use_fallocate) {
-		ib::warn() << "innodb_use_fallocate is DEPRECATED"
-			" and has no effect in MariaDB 10.2."
-			" It will be removed in MariaDB 10.3.";
-	}
-
 	srv_use_atomic_writes = (ibool) innobase_use_atomic_writes;
 	if (innobase_use_atomic_writes) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: using atomic writes.\n");
@@ -21955,11 +21948,6 @@ static MYSQL_SYSVAR_BOOL(use_atomic_writes, innobase_use_atomic_writes,
   "on Linux only with FusionIO device, and directFS filesystem.",
   NULL, NULL, FALSE);
 
-static MYSQL_SYSVAR_BOOL(use_fallocate, innobase_use_fallocate,
-  PLUGIN_VAR_NOCMDARG | PLUGIN_VAR_READONLY,
-  "Use posix_fallocate() to allocate files. DEPRECATED, has no effect.",
-  NULL, NULL, FALSE);
-
 static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ULONG(io_capacity, srv_io_capacity,
   PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG,
   "Number of IOPs the server can do. Tunes the background IO rate",
@@ -23191,7 +23179,6 @@ static struct st_mysql_sys_var* innobase_system_variables[]= {
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(data_home_dir),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(doublewrite),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(use_atomic_writes),
-  MYSQL_SYSVAR(use_fallocate),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(api_enable_binlog),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(api_enable_mdl),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(api_disable_rowlock),