diff --git a/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c b/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c
--- a/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/deadfs/dead_vnops.c
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@
  * Prototypes for dead operations on vnodes.
  */
 static vop_lookup_t	dead_lookup;
-static vop_open_t	dead_open;
-static vop_close_t	dead_close;
 static vop_getwritemount_t dead_getwritemount;
 static vop_rename_t	dead_rename;
-static vop_unset_text_t	dead_unset_text;
 
 struct vop_vector dead_vnodeops = {
 	.vop_default =		&default_vnodeops,
@@ -53,17 +50,13 @@
 	.vop_access =		VOP_EBADF,
 	.vop_advlock =		VOP_EBADF,
 	.vop_bmap =		VOP_EBADF,
-	.vop_close =		dead_close,
 	.vop_create =		VOP_PANIC,
 	.vop_getattr =		VOP_EBADF,
 	.vop_getwritemount =	dead_getwritemount,
-	.vop_inactive =		VOP_NULL,
 	.vop_ioctl =		VOP_EBADF,
 	.vop_link =		VOP_PANIC,
-	.vop_lookup =		dead_lookup,
 	.vop_mkdir =		VOP_PANIC,
 	.vop_mknod =		VOP_PANIC,
-	.vop_open =		dead_open,
 	.vop_pathconf =		VOP_EBADF,	/* per pathconf(2) */
 	.vop_poll =		dead_poll,
 	.vop_read =		dead_read,
@@ -76,7 +69,7 @@
 	.vop_setattr =		VOP_EBADF,
 	.vop_symlink =		VOP_PANIC,
 	.vop_vptocnp =		VOP_EBADF,
-	.vop_unset_text =	dead_unset_text,
+	.vop_unset_text =	VOP_NULL,
 	.vop_write =		dead_write,
 	.vop_fplookup_vexec =	VOP_EOPNOTSUPP,
 	.vop_fplookup_symlink =	VOP_EOPNOTSUPP,
@@ -91,32 +84,6 @@
 	return (0);
 }
 
-/*
- * Trivial lookup routine that always fails.
- */
-static int
-dead_lookup(struct vop_lookup_args *ap)
-{
-
-	*ap->a_vpp = NULL;
-	return (ENOTDIR);
-}
-
-/*
- * Silently succeed open and close.
- */
-static int
-dead_open(struct vop_open_args *ap)
-{
-	return (0);
-}
-
-static int
-dead_close(struct vop_close_args *ap)
-{
-	return (0);
-}
-
 int
 dead_read(struct vop_read_args *ap)
 {
@@ -158,9 +125,3 @@
 	return (EXDEV);
 }
 
-static int
-dead_unset_text(struct vop_unset_text_args *ap)
-{
-
-	return (0);
-}