diff --git a/lib/scsi/dev.c b/lib/scsi/dev.c
index 08331f20e..45d9f718a 100644
--- a/lib/scsi/dev.c
+++ b/lib/scsi/dev.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ spdk_scsi_dev_destruct(struct spdk_scsi_dev *dev)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		spdk_scsi_lun_unclaim(dev->lun[i]);
 		spdk_scsi_lun_destruct(dev->lun[i]);
 		dev->lun[i] = NULL;
 	}
@@ -89,22 +88,13 @@ spdk_scsi_dev_destruct(struct spdk_scsi_dev *dev)
 	free_dev(dev);
 }
 
-static int
+static void
 spdk_scsi_dev_add_lun(struct spdk_scsi_dev *dev,
 		      struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun, int id)
 {
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = spdk_scsi_lun_claim(lun);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		return rc;
-	}
-
 	lun->id = id;
 	lun->dev = dev;
 	dev->lun[id] = lun;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 void
@@ -133,7 +123,7 @@ spdk_scsi_dev_construct(const char *name, char *lun_name_list[], int *lun_id_lis
 	struct spdk_bdev *bdev;
 	struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun = NULL;
 	bool found_lun_0;
-	int i, rc;
+	int i;
 
 	if (num_luns == 0) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("device %s: no LUNs specified\n", name);
@@ -182,11 +172,7 @@ spdk_scsi_dev_construct(const char *name, char *lun_name_list[], int *lun_id_lis
 			goto error;
 		}
 
-		rc = spdk_scsi_dev_add_lun(dev, lun, lun_id_list[i]);
-		if (rc < 0) {
-			spdk_scsi_lun_destruct(lun);
-			goto error;
-		}
+		spdk_scsi_dev_add_lun(dev, lun, lun_id_list[i]);
 	}
 
 	return dev;
diff --git a/lib/scsi/lun.c b/lib/scsi/lun.c
index 105d2bfb0..e2fb908e2 100644
--- a/lib/scsi/lun.c
+++ b/lib/scsi/lun.c
@@ -336,30 +336,6 @@ spdk_scsi_lun_destruct(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
-spdk_scsi_lun_claim(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun)
-{
-	assert(spdk_lun_db_get_lun(lun->name) != NULL);
-
-	if (lun->claimed != false) {
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	lun->claimed = true;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-spdk_scsi_lun_unclaim(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun)
-{
-	assert(spdk_lun_db_get_lun(lun->name) != NULL);
-	assert(lun->claimed == true);
-	lun->claimed = false;
-	lun->dev = NULL;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int
 spdk_scsi_lun_delete(const char *lun_name)
 {
diff --git a/lib/scsi/scsi_internal.h b/lib/scsi/scsi_internal.h
index 0f39573d4..b1fdcdb91 100644
--- a/lib/scsi/scsi_internal.h
+++ b/lib/scsi/scsi_internal.h
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ struct spdk_scsi_lun {
 	/** The LUN is removed */
 	bool				removed;
 
-	/** The LUN is clamed */
-	bool claimed;
-
 	/** Callback to be fired when LUN removal is first triggered. */
 	void (*hotremove_cb)(const struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun, void *arg);
 
@@ -143,8 +140,6 @@ void spdk_scsi_lun_execute_tasks(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun);
 int spdk_scsi_lun_task_mgmt_execute(struct spdk_scsi_task *task, enum spdk_scsi_task_func func);
 void spdk_scsi_lun_complete_task(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun, struct spdk_scsi_task *task);
 void spdk_scsi_lun_complete_mgmt_task(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun, struct spdk_scsi_task *task);
-int spdk_scsi_lun_claim(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun);
-int spdk_scsi_lun_unclaim(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun);
 int spdk_scsi_lun_delete(const char *lun_name);
 int spdk_scsi_lun_allocate_io_channel(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun);
 void spdk_scsi_lun_free_io_channel(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun);
diff --git a/lib/scsi/scsi_rpc.c b/lib/scsi/scsi_rpc.c
index 17eefc1a2..8dc8e6789 100644
--- a/lib/scsi/scsi_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/scsi/scsi_rpc.c
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ spdk_rpc_get_luns(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun = current->lun;
 
 		spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
-		spdk_json_write_name(w, "claimed");
-		spdk_json_write_bool(w, lun->claimed);
 		spdk_json_write_name(w, "name");
 		spdk_json_write_string(w, lun->name);
 		spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/rpc_config/rpc_config.py b/test/iscsi_tgt/rpc_config/rpc_config.py
index 618a01b92..f70af5e60 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/rpc_config/rpc_config.py
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/rpc_config/rpc_config.py
@@ -318,10 +318,6 @@ def verify_target_nodes_rpc_methods(rpc_py, rpc_param):
            "chap required value is {}, expected {}".format(jsonvalues[0]['chap_required'], rpc_param['chap_required']))
     verify(jsonvalues[0]['chap_auth_group'] == rpc_param['chap_auth_group'], 1,
            "chap auth group value is {}, expected {}".format(jsonvalues[0]['chap_auth_group'], rpc_param['chap_auth_group']))
-    output = rpc.get_luns()
-    jsonvalue = json.loads(output)
-    verify(jsonvalue[0]['claimed'] is True, 1,
-           "The claimed value is {}, expected true".format(jsonvalue[0]['claimed']))
 
     rpc.delete_target_node(name)
     output = rpc.get_target_nodes()
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/scsi/dev.c/dev_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/scsi/dev.c/dev_ut.c
index 6f7afa51e..ff0895216 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/scsi/dev.c/dev_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/scsi/dev.c/dev_ut.c
@@ -95,18 +95,44 @@ spdk_scsi_lun_construct(const char *name, struct spdk_bdev *bdev,
 			void *hotremove_ctx)
 {
 	struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun;
+	struct lun_entry *p;
 
 	lun = calloc(1, sizeof(struct spdk_scsi_lun));
 	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(lun != NULL);
 
 	snprintf(lun->name, sizeof(lun->name), "%s", name);
 	lun->bdev = bdev;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(p, &g_lun_head, lun_entries) {
+		CU_ASSERT_FATAL(p->lun != NULL);
+		if (strncmp(p->lun->name, lun->name, sizeof(lun->name)) == 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	p = calloc(1, sizeof(struct lun_entry));
+	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(p != NULL);
+
+	p->lun = lun;
+
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g_lun_head, p, lun_entries);
+
 	return lun;
 }
 
 int
 spdk_scsi_lun_destruct(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun)
 {
+	struct lun_entry *p, *tmp;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(p, &g_lun_head, lun_entries, tmp) {
+		CU_ASSERT_FATAL(p->lun != NULL);
+		if (strncmp(p->lun->name, lun->name, sizeof(lun->name)) == 0) {
+			TAILQ_REMOVE(&g_lun_head, p, lun_entries);
+			free(p);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	free(lun);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -125,42 +151,6 @@ spdk_bdev_get_by_name(const char *bdev_name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int
-spdk_scsi_lun_claim(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun)
-{
-	struct lun_entry *p;
-
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(p, &g_lun_head, lun_entries) {
-		CU_ASSERT_FATAL(p->lun != NULL);
-		if (strncmp(p->lun->name, lun->name, sizeof(lun->name)) == 0)
-			return -1;
-	}
-
-	p = calloc(1, sizeof(struct lun_entry));
-	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(p != NULL);
-
-	p->lun = lun;
-
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g_lun_head, p, lun_entries);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-spdk_scsi_lun_unclaim(struct spdk_scsi_lun *lun)
-{
-	struct lun_entry *p, *tmp;
-
-	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(p, &g_lun_head, lun_entries, tmp) {
-		CU_ASSERT_FATAL(p->lun != NULL);
-		if (strncmp(p->lun->name, lun->name, sizeof(lun->name)) == 0) {
-			TAILQ_REMOVE(&g_lun_head, p, lun_entries);
-			free(p);
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int
 spdk_scsi_lun_task_mgmt_execute(struct spdk_scsi_task *task, enum spdk_scsi_task_func func)
 {
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/scsi/lun.c/lun_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/scsi/lun.c/lun_ut.c
index e79ade936..8b3d48e94 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/scsi/lun.c/lun_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/scsi/lun.c/lun_ut.c
@@ -659,9 +659,6 @@ lun_delete(void)
 
 	lun = lun_construct();
 
-	rc = spdk_scsi_lun_claim(lun);
-	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(rc, 0);
-
 	rc = spdk_scsi_lun_delete(lun->name);
 	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(rc, 0);