diff --git a/gdb/common/cleanups.c b/gdb/common/cleanups.c
index 086371a7c96..121720d3c0f 100644
--- a/gdb/common/cleanups.c
+++ b/gdb/common/cleanups.c
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ static const struct cleanup sentinel_cleanup = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 /* Handy macro to use when referring to sentinel_cleanup.  */
 #define SENTINEL_CLEANUP ((struct cleanup *) &sentinel_cleanup)
 
-/* Chain of cleanup actions established with make_cleanup,
-   to be executed if an error happens.  */
-static struct cleanup *cleanup_chain = SENTINEL_CLEANUP;
-
 /* Chain of cleanup actions established with make_final_cleanup,
    to be executed when gdb exits.  */
 static struct cleanup *final_cleanup_chain = SENTINEL_CLEANUP;
@@ -107,30 +103,11 @@ make_my_cleanup (struct cleanup **pmy_chain, make_cleanup_ftype *function,
   return make_my_cleanup2 (pmy_chain, function, arg, NULL);
 }
 
-/* Add a new cleanup to the cleanup_chain,
+/* Add a new cleanup to the final cleanup_chain,
    and return the previous chain pointer
    to be passed later to do_cleanups or discard_cleanups.
    Args are FUNCTION to clean up with, and ARG to pass to it.  */
 
-struct cleanup *
-make_cleanup (make_cleanup_ftype *function, void *arg)
-{
-  return make_my_cleanup (&cleanup_chain, function, arg);
-}
-
-/* Same as make_cleanup except also includes DTOR, a destructor to free ARG.
-   DTOR is invoked when the cleanup is performed or when it is discarded.  */
-
-struct cleanup *
-make_cleanup_dtor (make_cleanup_ftype *function, void *arg,
-		   make_cleanup_dtor_ftype *dtor)
-{
-  return make_my_cleanup2 (&cleanup_chain,
-			   function, arg, dtor);
-}
-
-/* Same as make_cleanup except the cleanup is added to final_cleanup_chain.  */
-
 struct cleanup *
 make_final_cleanup (make_cleanup_ftype *function, void *arg)
 {
@@ -158,139 +135,10 @@ do_my_cleanups (struct cleanup **pmy_chain,
     }
 }
 
-/* Return a value that can be passed to do_cleanups, do_final_cleanups to
-   indicate perform all cleanups.  */
-
-struct cleanup *
-all_cleanups (void)
-{
-  return SENTINEL_CLEANUP;
-}
-
-/* Discard cleanups and do the actions they describe
-   until we get back to the point OLD_CHAIN in the cleanup_chain.  */
-
-void
-do_cleanups (struct cleanup *old_chain)
-{
-  do_my_cleanups (&cleanup_chain, old_chain);
-}
-
-/* Discard cleanups and do the actions they describe
-   until we get back to the point OLD_CHAIN in the final_cleanup_chain.  */
-
-void
-do_final_cleanups (struct cleanup *old_chain)
-{
-  do_my_cleanups (&final_cleanup_chain, old_chain);
-}
-
-/* Main worker routine to discard cleanups.
-   PMY_CHAIN is a pointer to either cleanup_chain or final_cleanup_chain.
-   OLD_CHAIN is the result of a "make" cleanup routine.
-   Cleanups are discarded until we get back to the old end of the chain.  */
-
-static void
-discard_my_cleanups (struct cleanup **pmy_chain,
-		     struct cleanup *old_chain)
-{
-  struct cleanup *ptr;
-
-  while ((ptr = *pmy_chain) != old_chain)
-    {
-      *pmy_chain = ptr->next;
-      if (ptr->free_arg)
-	(*ptr->free_arg) (ptr->arg);
-      xfree (ptr);
-    }
-}
-
-/* Discard cleanups, not doing the actions they describe,
-   until we get back to the point OLD_CHAIN in the cleanup chain.  */
-
-void
-discard_cleanups (struct cleanup *old_chain)
-{
-  discard_my_cleanups (&cleanup_chain, old_chain);
-}
-
-/* Discard final cleanups, not doing the actions they describe,
-   until we get back to the point OLD_CHAIN in the final cleanup chain.  */
-
-void
-discard_final_cleanups (struct cleanup *old_chain)
-{
-  discard_my_cleanups (&final_cleanup_chain, old_chain);
-}
-
-/* Main worker routine to save cleanups.
-   PMY_CHAIN is a pointer to either cleanup_chain or final_cleanup_chain.
-   The chain is emptied and the result is a pointer to the old chain.  */
-
-static struct cleanup *
-save_my_cleanups (struct cleanup **pmy_chain)
-{
-  struct cleanup *old_chain = *pmy_chain;
-
-  *pmy_chain = SENTINEL_CLEANUP;
-  return old_chain;
-}
-
-/* Set the cleanup_chain to 0, and return the old cleanup_chain.  */
-
-struct cleanup *
-save_cleanups (void)
-{
-  return save_my_cleanups (&cleanup_chain);
-}
-
-/* Set the final_cleanup_chain to 0, and return the old
-   final_cleanup_chain.  */
-
-struct cleanup *
-save_final_cleanups (void)
-{
-  return save_my_cleanups (&final_cleanup_chain);
-}
-
-/* Main worker routine to save cleanups.
-   PMY_CHAIN is a pointer to either cleanup_chain or final_cleanup_chain.
-   The chain is restored from CHAIN.  */
-
-static void
-restore_my_cleanups (struct cleanup **pmy_chain, struct cleanup *chain)
-{
-  if (*pmy_chain != SENTINEL_CLEANUP)
-    internal_warning (__FILE__, __LINE__,
-		      _("restore_my_cleanups has found a stale cleanup"));
-
-  *pmy_chain = chain;
-}
-
-/* Restore the cleanup chain from a previously saved chain.  */
-
-void
-restore_cleanups (struct cleanup *chain)
-{
-  restore_my_cleanups (&cleanup_chain, chain);
-}
-
-/* Restore the final cleanup chain from a previously saved chain.  */
-
-void
-restore_final_cleanups (struct cleanup *chain)
-{
-  restore_my_cleanups (&final_cleanup_chain, chain);
-}
-
-/* Provide a known function that does nothing, to use as a base for
-   a possibly long chain of cleanups.  This is useful where we
-   use the cleanup chain for handling normal cleanups as well as dealing
-   with cleanups that need to be done as a result of a call to error().
-   In such cases, we may not be certain where the first cleanup is, unless
-   we have a do-nothing one to always use as the base.  */
+/* Discard final cleanups and do the actions they describe.  */
 
 void
-null_cleanup (void *arg)
+do_final_cleanups ()
 {
+  do_my_cleanups (&final_cleanup_chain, SENTINEL_CLEANUP);
 }
diff --git a/gdb/common/cleanups.h b/gdb/common/cleanups.h
index f49bcb40d14..e676076a16d 100644
--- a/gdb/common/cleanups.h
+++ b/gdb/common/cleanups.h
@@ -32,38 +32,8 @@ typedef void (make_cleanup_ftype) (void *);
 /* Function type for the dtor in make_cleanup_dtor.  */
 typedef void (make_cleanup_dtor_ftype) (void *);
 
-/* WARNING: The result of the "make cleanup" routines is not the intuitive
-   choice of being a handle on the just-created cleanup.  Instead it is an
-   opaque handle of the cleanup mechanism and represents all cleanups created
-   from that point onwards.
-   The result is guaranteed to be non-NULL though.  */
-
-extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup (make_cleanup_ftype *, void *);
-
-extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_dtor (make_cleanup_ftype *, void *,
-					  make_cleanup_dtor_ftype *);
-
 extern struct cleanup *make_final_cleanup (make_cleanup_ftype *, void *);
 
-/* A special value to pass to do_cleanups and do_final_cleanups
-   to tell them to do all cleanups.  */
-extern struct cleanup *all_cleanups (void);
-
-extern void do_cleanups (struct cleanup *);
-extern void do_final_cleanups (struct cleanup *);
-
-extern void discard_cleanups (struct cleanup *);
-extern void discard_final_cleanups (struct cleanup *);
-
-extern struct cleanup *save_cleanups (void);
-extern struct cleanup *save_final_cleanups (void);
-
-extern void restore_cleanups (struct cleanup *);
-extern void restore_final_cleanups (struct cleanup *);
-
-/* A no-op cleanup.
-   This is useful when you want to establish a known reference point
-   to pass to do_cleanups.  */
-extern void null_cleanup (void *);
+extern void do_final_cleanups ();
 
 #endif /* COMMON_CLEANUPS_H */
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-exceptions.c b/gdb/common/common-exceptions.c
index 5e86c7b4260..4e67e898bda 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-exceptions.c
+++ b/gdb/common/common-exceptions.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ struct catcher
   jmp_buf buf;
   /* Status buffer belonging to the exception handler.  */
   struct gdb_exception exception;
-  struct cleanup *saved_cleanup_chain;
   /* Back link.  */
   struct catcher *prev;
 };
@@ -83,10 +82,6 @@ exceptions_state_mc_init (void)
   /* Start with no exception.  */
   new_catcher->exception = exception_none;
 
-  /* Prevent error/quit during FUNC from calling cleanups established
-     prior to here.  */
-  new_catcher->saved_cleanup_chain = save_cleanups ();
-
   /* Push this new catcher on the top.  */
   new_catcher->prev = current_catcher;
   current_catcher = new_catcher;
@@ -102,11 +97,6 @@ catcher_pop (void)
 
   current_catcher = old_catcher->prev;
 
-  /* Restore the cleanup chain, the error/quit messages, and the uiout
-     builder, to their original states.  */
-
-  restore_cleanups (old_catcher->saved_cleanup_chain);
-
   xfree (old_catcher);
 }
 
@@ -228,7 +218,7 @@ void *
 exception_try_scope_entry (void)
 {
   ++try_scope_depth;
-  return (void *) save_cleanups ();
+  return nullptr;
 }
 
 /* Called on exit of a TRY scope, either normal exit or exception
@@ -237,7 +227,6 @@ exception_try_scope_entry (void)
 void
 exception_try_scope_exit (void *saved_state)
 {
-  restore_cleanups ((struct cleanup *) saved_state);
   --try_scope_depth;
 }
 
@@ -248,9 +237,6 @@ exception_try_scope_exit (void *saved_state)
 void
 exception_rethrow (void)
 {
-  /* Run this scope's cleanups before re-throwing to the next
-     outermost scope.  */
-  do_cleanups (all_cleanups ());
   throw;
 }
 
@@ -269,8 +255,6 @@ gdb_exception_sliced_copy (struct gdb_exception *to, const struct gdb_exception
 void
 throw_exception_sjlj (struct gdb_exception exception)
 {
-  do_cleanups (all_cleanups ());
-
   /* Jump to the nearest CATCH_SJLJ block, communicating REASON to
      that call via setjmp's return value.  Note that REASON can't be
      zero, by definition in common-exceptions.h.  */
@@ -286,8 +270,6 @@ throw_exception_sjlj (struct gdb_exception exception)
 static ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN void
 throw_exception_cxx (struct gdb_exception exception)
 {
-  do_cleanups (all_cleanups ());
-
   if (exception.reason == RETURN_QUIT)
     {
       gdb_exception_RETURN_MASK_QUIT ex;
diff --git a/gdb/common/new-op.c b/gdb/common/new-op.c
index 8c07ffac23b..cff6686ef12 100644
--- a/gdb/common/new-op.c
+++ b/gdb/common/new-op.c
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ operator new (std::size_t sz)
 	}
       CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
 	{
-	  do_cleanups (all_cleanups ());
-
 	  throw gdb_quit_bad_alloc (ex);
 	}
       END_CATCH
diff --git a/gdb/main.c b/gdb/main.c
index e14dd06fa8c..97ffc3fba48 100644
--- a/gdb/main.c
+++ b/gdb/main.c
@@ -330,14 +330,6 @@ captured_command_loop ()
   /* Now it's time to start the event loop.  */
   start_event_loop ();
 
-  /* FIXME: cagney/1999-11-05: A correct command_loop() implementaton
-     would clean things up (restoring the cleanup chain) to the state
-     they were just prior to the call.  Technically, this means that
-     the do_cleanups() below is redundant.  Unfortunately, many FUNCs
-     are not that well behaved.  do_cleanups should either be replaced
-     with a do_cleanups call (to cover the problem) or an assertion
-     check to detect bad FUNCs code.  */
-  do_cleanups (all_cleanups ());
   /* If the command_loop returned, normally (rather than threw an
      error) we try to quit.  If the quit is aborted, our caller
      catches the signal and restarts the command loop.  */
diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
index 22e6f7e29ab..4065df70815 100644
--- a/gdb/top.c
+++ b/gdb/top.c
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ quit_force (int *exit_arg, int from_tty)
   /* Do any final cleanups before exiting.  */
   TRY
     {
-      do_final_cleanups (all_cleanups ());
+      do_final_cleanups ();
     }
   CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
     {
