diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kasan b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
index f0973da583e0..ca09b1cf8ee9 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kasan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
@@ -167,14 +167,6 @@ config KASAN_STACK
 	  as well, as it adds inline-style instrumentation that is run
 	  unconditionally.
 
-config KASAN_TAGS_IDENTIFY
-	bool "Memory corruption type identification"
-	depends on KASAN_SW_TAGS || KASAN_HW_TAGS
-	help
-	  Enables best-effort identification of the bug types (use-after-free
-	  or out-of-bounds) at the cost of increased memory consumption.
-	  Only applicable for the tag-based KASAN modes.
-
 config KASAN_VMALLOC
 	bool "Check accesses to vmalloc allocations"
 	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
index d401fb770f67..15c718782c1f 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
@@ -169,23 +169,13 @@ struct kasan_track {
 	depot_stack_handle_t stack;
 };
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_TAGS_IDENTIFY) && defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS)
-#define KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS 5
-#else
-#define KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS 1
-#endif
-
 struct kasan_alloc_meta {
 	struct kasan_track alloc_track;
 	/* Generic mode stores free track in kasan_free_meta. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC
 	depot_stack_handle_t aux_stack[2];
 #else
-	struct kasan_track free_track[KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS];
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_TAGS_IDENTIFY
-	u8 free_pointer_tag[KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS];
-	u8 free_track_idx;
+	struct kasan_track free_track;
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/kasan/report_tags.c b/mm/kasan/report_tags.c
index e25d2166e813..35cf3cae4aa4 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/report_tags.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/report_tags.c
@@ -5,37 +5,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "kasan.h"
-#include "../slab.h"
 
 const char *kasan_get_bug_type(struct kasan_report_info *info)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_TAGS_IDENTIFY
-	struct kasan_alloc_meta *alloc_meta;
-	struct kmem_cache *cache;
-	struct slab *slab;
-	const void *addr;
-	void *object;
-	u8 tag;
-	int i;
-
-	tag = get_tag(info->access_addr);
-	addr = kasan_reset_tag(info->access_addr);
-	slab = kasan_addr_to_slab(addr);
-	if (slab) {
-		cache = slab->slab_cache;
-		object = nearest_obj(cache, slab, (void *)addr);
-		alloc_meta = kasan_get_alloc_meta(cache, object);
-
-		if (alloc_meta) {
-			for (i = 0; i < KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS; i++) {
-				if (alloc_meta->free_pointer_tag[i] == tag)
-					return "use-after-free";
-			}
-		}
-		return "out-of-bounds";
-	}
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * If access_size is a negative number, then it has reason to be
 	 * defined as out-of-bounds bug type.
diff --git a/mm/kasan/tags.c b/mm/kasan/tags.c
index 1ba3c8399f72..e0e5de8ce834 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/tags.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/tags.c
@@ -30,39 +30,22 @@ void kasan_save_free_info(struct kmem_cache *cache,
 				void *object, u8 tag)
 {
 	struct kasan_alloc_meta *alloc_meta;
-	u8 idx = 0;
 
 	alloc_meta = kasan_get_alloc_meta(cache, object);
 	if (!alloc_meta)
 		return;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_TAGS_IDENTIFY
-	idx = alloc_meta->free_track_idx;
-	alloc_meta->free_pointer_tag[idx] = tag;
-	alloc_meta->free_track_idx = (idx + 1) % KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS;
-#endif
-
-	kasan_set_track(&alloc_meta->free_track[idx], GFP_NOWAIT);
+	kasan_set_track(&alloc_meta->free_track, GFP_NOWAIT);
 }
 
 struct kasan_track *kasan_get_free_track(struct kmem_cache *cache,
 				void *object, u8 tag)
 {
 	struct kasan_alloc_meta *alloc_meta;
-	int i = 0;
 
 	alloc_meta = kasan_get_alloc_meta(cache, object);
 	if (!alloc_meta)
 		return NULL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_TAGS_IDENTIFY
-	for (i = 0; i < KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS; i++) {
-		if (alloc_meta->free_pointer_tag[i] == tag)
-			break;
-	}
-	if (i == KASAN_NR_FREE_STACKS)
-		i = alloc_meta->free_track_idx;
-#endif
-
-	return &alloc_meta->free_track[i];
+	return &alloc_meta->free_track;
 }