diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index df5b8629fe0f9d..2c98e08ed29e38 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ pub mod power;
 pub mod security;
 pub mod str;
 pub mod task;
-pub mod traits;
 
 pub mod linked_list;
 mod raw_list;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index dbbf49be4bd9ec..34d9cc8a82d45f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -24,5 +24,3 @@ pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notic
 pub use super::static_assert;
 
 pub use super::{Error, KernelModule, Result};
-
-pub use crate::traits::TryPin;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/traits.rs b/rust/kernel/traits.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 39a43169bf70e6..00000000000000
--- a/rust/kernel/traits.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-//! Traits useful to drivers, and their implementations for common types.
-
-use core::{ops::Deref, pin::Pin};
-
-use alloc::{alloc::AllocError, sync::Arc};
-
-/// Trait which provides a fallible version of `pin()` for pointer types.
-///
-/// Common pointer types which implement a `pin()` method include [`Box`](alloc::boxed::Box) and [`Arc`].
-pub trait TryPin<P: Deref> {
-    /// Constructs a new `Pin<pointer<T>>`. If `T` does not implement [`Unpin`], then data
-    /// will be pinned in memory and unable to be moved. An error will be returned
-    /// if allocation fails.
-    fn try_pin(data: P::Target) -> core::result::Result<Pin<P>, AllocError>;
-}
-
-impl<T> TryPin<Arc<T>> for Arc<T> {
-    fn try_pin(data: T) -> core::result::Result<Pin<Arc<T>>, AllocError> {
-        // SAFETY: the data `T` is exposed only through a `Pin<Arc<T>>`, which
-        // does not allow data to move out of the `Arc`. Therefore it can
-        // never be moved.
-        Ok(unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(Arc::try_new(data)?) })
-    }
-}