diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
index c4f3aefb8225e07a8446651e689688b73f04c556..12e1b1a7563ce36f2b1231459ede32e9bc5cdd12 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
@@ -969,12 +969,6 @@ static grpc_fd *fd_create(int fd, const char *name) {
   return new_fd;
 }
 
-/*
-static bool fd_is_orphaned(grpc_fd *fd) {
-  return (gpr_atm_acq_load(&fd->refst) & 1) == 0;
-}
-*/
-
 static int fd_wrapped_fd(grpc_fd *fd) {
   int ret_fd = -1;
   gpr_mu_lock(&fd->po.mu);
@@ -1812,275 +1806,10 @@ static void pollset_add_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
                   POLL_OBJ_FD);
 }
 
-#if 0
-static void pollset_add_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
-                           grpc_fd *fd) {
-  GPR_TIMER_BEGIN("pollset_add_fd", 0);
-
-  grpc_error *error = GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
-
-  gpr_mu_lock(&pollset->po.mu);
-  gpr_mu_lock(&fd->po.mu);
-
-  polling_island *pi_new = NULL;
-
-retry:
-  /* 1) If fd->po.pi and pollset->po.pi are both non-NULL and
-   *    equal, do nothing.
-   * 2) If fd->po.pi and pollset->po.pi are both NULL, create
-   *    a new polling island (with a refcount of 2) and make the polling_island
-   *    fields in both fd and pollset to point to the new island
-   * 3) If one of fd->po.pi or pollset->po.pi is NULL, update
-   *    the NULL polling_island field to point to the non-NULL polling_island
-   *    field (ensure that the refcount on the polling island is incremented by
-   *    1 to account for the newly added reference)
-   * 4) Finally, if fd->po.pi and pollset->po.pi are non-NULL
-   *    and different, merge both the polling islands and update the
-   *    polling_island fields in both fd and pollset to point to the merged
-   *    polling island.
-   */
-
-  if (fd->orphaned) {
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&fd->po.mu);
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&pollset->po.mu);
-    /* early out */
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (fd->po.pi == pollset->po.pi) {
-    pi_new = fd->po.pi;
-    if (pi_new == NULL) {
-      /* Unlock before creating a new polling island: the polling island will
-         create a workqueue which creates a file descriptor, and holding an fd
-         lock here can eventually cause a loop to appear to TSAN (making it
-         unhappy). We don't think it's a real loop (there's an epoch point where
-         that loop possibility disappears), but the advantages of keeping TSAN
-         happy outweigh any performance advantage we might have by keeping the
-         lock held. */
-      gpr_mu_unlock(&fd->po.mu);
-      pi_new = polling_island_create(exec_ctx, fd, &error);
-      gpr_mu_lock(&fd->po.mu);
-      /* Need to reverify any assumptions made between the initial lock and
-         getting to this branch: if they've changed, we need to throw away our
-         work and figure things out again. */
-      if (fd->po.pi != NULL) {
-        GRPC_POLLING_TRACE(
-            "pollset_add_fd: Raced creating new polling island. pi_new: %p "
-            "(fd: %d, pollset: %p)",
-            (void *)pi_new, fd->fd, (void *)pollset);
-
-        /* No need to lock 'pi_new' here since this is a new polling island and
-         * no one has a reference to it yet */
-        polling_island_remove_all_fds_locked(pi_new, true, &error);
-
-        /* Ref and unref so that the polling island gets deleted during unref */
-        PI_ADD_REF(pi_new, "dance_of_destruction");
-        PI_UNREF(exec_ctx, pi_new, "dance_of_destruction");
-        goto retry;
-      } else {
-        GRPC_POLLING_TRACE(
-            "pollset_add_fd: Created new polling island. pi_new: %p (fd: %d, "
-            "pollset: %p)",
-            (void *)pi_new, fd->fd, (void *)pollset);
-      }
-    }
-  } else if (fd->po.pi == NULL) {
-    pi_new = polling_island_lock(pollset->po.pi);
-    polling_island_add_fds_locked(pi_new, &fd, 1, true, &error);
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&pi_new->mu);
-
-    GRPC_POLLING_TRACE(
-        "pollset_add_fd: fd->pi was NULL. pi_new: %p (fd: %d, pollset: %p, "
-        "pollset->pi: %p)",
-        (void *)pi_new, fd->fd, (void *)pollset, (void *)pollset->po.pi);
-  } else if (pollset->po.pi == NULL) {
-    pi_new = polling_island_lock(fd->po.pi);
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&pi_new->mu);
-
-    GRPC_POLLING_TRACE(
-        "pollset_add_fd: pollset->pi was NULL. pi_new: %p (fd: %d, pollset: "
-        "%p, fd->pi: %p",
-        (void *)pi_new, fd->fd, (void *)pollset, (void *)fd->po.pi);
-  } else {
-    pi_new = polling_island_merge(fd->po.pi, pollset->po.pi, &error);
-    GRPC_POLLING_TRACE(
-        "pollset_add_fd: polling islands merged. pi_new: %p (fd: %d, pollset: "
-        "%p, fd->pi: %p, pollset->pi: %p)",
-        (void *)pi_new, fd->fd, (void *)pollset, (void *)fd->po.pi,
-        (void *)pollset->po.pi);
-  }
-
-  /* At this point, pi_new is the polling island that both fd->po.pi
-     and pollset->po.pi must be pointing to */
-
-  if (fd->po.pi != pi_new) {
-    PI_ADD_REF(pi_new, "fd");
-    if (fd->po.pi != NULL) {
-      PI_UNREF(exec_ctx, fd->po.pi, "fd");
-    }
-    fd->po.pi = pi_new;
-  }
-
-  if (pollset->po.pi != pi_new) {
-    PI_ADD_REF(pi_new, "ps");
-    if (pollset->po.pi != NULL) {
-      PI_UNREF(exec_ctx, pollset->po.pi, "ps");
-    }
-    pollset->po.pi = pi_new;
-  }
-
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&fd->po.mu);
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&pollset->po.mu);
-
-  GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("pollset_add_fd", error);
-}
-#endif
-
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Pollset-set Definitions
  */
 
-#if 0
-static grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set_create(void) {
-  grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*pollset_set));
-  memset(pollset_set, 0, sizeof(*pollset_set));
-  gpr_mu_init(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-  return pollset_set;
-}
-
-static void pollset_set_destroy(grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set) {
-  size_t i;
-  gpr_mu_destroy(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-  for (i = 0; i < pollset_set->fd_count; i++) {
-    GRPC_FD_UNREF(pollset_set->fds[i], "pollset_set");
-  }
-  gpr_free(pollset_set->pollsets);
-  gpr_free(pollset_set->pollset_sets);
-  gpr_free(pollset_set->fds);
-  gpr_free(pollset_set);
-}
-
-static void pollset_set_add_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
-                               grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set, grpc_fd *fd) {
-  size_t i;
-  gpr_mu_lock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-  if (pollset_set->fd_count == pollset_set->fd_capacity) {
-    pollset_set->fd_capacity = GPR_MAX(8, 2 * pollset_set->fd_capacity);
-    pollset_set->fds = gpr_realloc(
-        pollset_set->fds, pollset_set->fd_capacity * sizeof(*pollset_set->fds));
-  }
-  GRPC_FD_REF(fd, "pollset_set");
-  pollset_set->fds[pollset_set->fd_count++] = fd;
-  for (i = 0; i < pollset_set->pollset_count; i++) {
-    pollset_add_fd(exec_ctx, pollset_set->pollsets[i], fd);
-  }
-  for (i = 0; i < pollset_set->pollset_set_count; i++) {
-    pollset_set_add_fd(exec_ctx, pollset_set->pollset_sets[i], fd);
-  }
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-}
-
-static void pollset_set_del_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
-                               grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set, grpc_fd *fd) {
-  size_t i;
-  gpr_mu_lock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-  for (i = 0; i < pollset_set->fd_count; i++) {
-    if (pollset_set->fds[i] == fd) {
-      pollset_set->fd_count--;
-      GPR_SWAP(grpc_fd *, pollset_set->fds[i],
-               pollset_set->fds[pollset_set->fd_count]);
-      GRPC_FD_UNREF(fd, "pollset_set");
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-  for (i = 0; i < pollset_set->pollset_set_count; i++) {
-    pollset_set_del_fd(exec_ctx, pollset_set->pollset_sets[i], fd);
-  }
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-}
-
-static void pollset_set_add_pollset(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
-                                    grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set,
-                                    grpc_pollset *pollset) {
-  size_t i, j;
-  gpr_mu_lock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-  if (pollset_set->pollset_count == pollset_set->pollset_capacity) {
-    pollset_set->pollset_capacity =
-        GPR_MAX(8, 2 * pollset_set->pollset_capacity);
-    pollset_set->pollsets =
-        gpr_realloc(pollset_set->pollsets, pollset_set->pollset_capacity *
-                                               sizeof(*pollset_set->pollsets));
-  }
-  pollset_set->pollsets[pollset_set->pollset_count++] = pollset;
-  for (i = 0, j = 0; i < pollset_set->fd_count; i++) {
-    if (fd_is_orphaned(pollset_set->fds[i])) {
-      GRPC_FD_UNREF(pollset_set->fds[i], "pollset_set");
-    } else {
-      pollset_add_fd(exec_ctx, pollset, pollset_set->fds[i]);
-      pollset_set->fds[j++] = pollset_set->fds[i];
-    }
-  }
-  pollset_set->fd_count = j;
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-}
-
-static void pollset_set_del_pollset(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
-                                    grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set,
-                                    grpc_pollset *pollset) {
-  size_t i;
-  gpr_mu_lock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-  for (i = 0; i < pollset_set->pollset_count; i++) {
-    if (pollset_set->pollsets[i] == pollset) {
-      pollset_set->pollset_count--;
-      GPR_SWAP(grpc_pollset *, pollset_set->pollsets[i],
-               pollset_set->pollsets[pollset_set->pollset_count]);
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&pollset_set->po.mu);
-}
-
-static void pollset_set_add_pollset_set(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
-                                        grpc_pollset_set *bag,
-                                        grpc_pollset_set *item) {
-  size_t i, j;
-  gpr_mu_lock(&bag->po.mu);
-  if (bag->pollset_set_count == bag->pollset_set_capacity) {
-    bag->pollset_set_capacity = GPR_MAX(8, 2 * bag->pollset_set_capacity);
-    bag->pollset_sets =
-        gpr_realloc(bag->pollset_sets,
-                    bag->pollset_set_capacity * sizeof(*bag->pollset_sets));
-  }
-  bag->pollset_sets[bag->pollset_set_count++] = item;
-  for (i = 0, j = 0; i < bag->fd_count; i++) {
-    if (fd_is_orphaned(bag->fds[i])) {
-      GRPC_FD_UNREF(bag->fds[i], "pollset_set");
-    } else {
-      pollset_set_add_fd(exec_ctx, item, bag->fds[i]);
-      bag->fds[j++] = bag->fds[i];
-    }
-  }
-  bag->fd_count = j;
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&bag->po.mu);
-}
-
-static void pollset_set_del_pollset_set(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
-                                        grpc_pollset_set *bag,
-                                        grpc_pollset_set *item) {
-  size_t i;
-  gpr_mu_lock(&bag->po.mu);
-  for (i = 0; i < bag->pollset_set_count; i++) {
-    if (bag->pollset_sets[i] == item) {
-      bag->pollset_set_count--;
-      GPR_SWAP(grpc_pollset_set *, bag->pollset_sets[i],
-               bag->pollset_sets[bag->pollset_set_count]);
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-  gpr_mu_unlock(&bag->po.mu);
-}
-#endif  // Pollset_set functions
-
 static grpc_pollset_set *pollset_set_create(void) {
   grpc_pollset_set *pss = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*pss));
   pss->po.pi = NULL;