diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index d3a8b2648d..fa2dcf336c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -6192,28 +6192,6 @@ LOG:  CleanUpLock: deleting: lock(0xb7acd844) id(24688,24696,0,0,0,1)
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term><varname>trace_userlocks</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
-      <indexterm>
-       <primary><varname>trace_userlocks</> configuration parameter</primary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        If on, emit information about user lock usage.  Output is the same
-        as for <symbol>trace_locks</symbol>, only for user locks.
-       </para>
-       <para>
-        User locks were removed as of PostgreSQL version 8.2.  This option
-        currently has no effect.
-       </para>
-       <para>
-        This parameter is only available if the <symbol>LOCK_DEBUG</symbol>
-        macro was defined when <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> was
-        compiled.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
      <varlistentry>
       <term><varname>trace_lock_oidmin</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
       <indexterm>
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c
index 905502f145..ed8344ff8f 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c
@@ -213,12 +213,7 @@ static const LockMethodData user_lockmethod = {
 	AccessExclusiveLock,		/* highest valid lock mode number */
 	true,
 	LockConflicts,
-	lock_mode_names,
-#ifdef LOCK_DEBUG
-	&Trace_userlocks
-#else
-	&Dummy_trace
-#endif
+	lock_mode_names
 };
 
 /*
@@ -276,7 +271,6 @@ static ResourceOwner awaitedOwner;
 
 int			Trace_lock_oidmin = FirstNormalObjectId;
 bool		Trace_locks = false;
-bool		Trace_userlocks = false;
 int			Trace_lock_table = 0;
 bool		Debug_deadlocks = false;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/check_guc b/src/backend/utils/misc/check_guc
index 293fb0363f..91c1c581ac 100755
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/check_guc
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/check_guc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ INTENTIONALLY_NOT_INCLUDED="autocommit debug_deadlocks \
 is_superuser lc_collate lc_ctype lc_messages lc_monetary lc_numeric lc_time \
 pre_auth_delay role seed server_encoding server_version server_version_int \
 session_authorization trace_lock_oidmin trace_lock_table trace_locks trace_lwlocks \
-trace_notify trace_userlocks transaction_isolation transaction_read_only \
+trace_notify transaction_isolation transaction_read_only \
 zero_damaged_pages"
 
 ### What options are listed in postgresql.conf.sample, but don't appear
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 106096faee..f1d35a9a11 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -1058,16 +1058,6 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
 		false,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL
 	},
-	{
-		{"trace_userlocks", PGC_SUSET, DEVELOPER_OPTIONS,
-			gettext_noop("No description available."),
-			NULL,
-			GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE
-		},
-		&Trace_userlocks,
-		false,
-		NULL, NULL, NULL
-	},
 	{
 		{"trace_lwlocks", PGC_SUSET, DEVELOPER_OPTIONS,
 			gettext_noop("No description available."),
diff --git a/src/include/storage/lock.h b/src/include/storage/lock.h
index e106ad5401..bc746a39e4 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/lock.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/lock.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ extern int	max_locks_per_xact;
 #ifdef LOCK_DEBUG
 extern int	Trace_lock_oidmin;
 extern bool Trace_locks;
-extern bool Trace_userlocks;
 extern int	Trace_lock_table;
 extern bool Debug_deadlocks;
 #endif   /* LOCK_DEBUG */