diff --git a/base/mac/mac_util.h b/base/mac/mac_util.h
index 0d101c97dcd937..7fe22c589496f0 100644
--- a/base/mac/mac_util.h
+++ b/base/mac/mac_util.h
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ void ActivateProcess(pid_t pid);
 // Excludes the file given by |file_path| from being backed up by Time Machine.
 bool SetFileBackupExclusion(const FilePath& file_path);
 
-// TODO(mrossetti): Remove in M15. See http://crbug.com/85999
-// Remove possible exclude-by-path setting from |file_path|. Ignore errors since
-// we don't care if the file does not exist or if it has not had its exclusion
-// set by-path. This function is a NOOP for Mac OS X Lion or later.
-void ClearByPathBackupExclusion(const FilePath& file_path);
-
 // Sets the process name as displayed in Activity Monitor to process_name.
 void SetProcessName(CFStringRef process_name);
 
diff --git a/base/mac/mac_util.mm b/base/mac/mac_util.mm
index 100f23af3b972b..d3bb5a6ee3a085 100644
--- a/base/mac/mac_util.mm
+++ b/base/mac/mac_util.mm
@@ -242,28 +242,7 @@ void ActivateProcess(pid_t pid) {
   }
 }
 
-// TODO(mrossetti): Remove in M15. See http://crbug.com/85999
-void ClearByPathBackupExclusion(const FilePath& file_path) {
-  if (IsOSSnowLeopardOrEarlier()) {
-    NSString* file_path_ns =
-        [NSString stringWithUTF8String:file_path.value().c_str()];
-    NSURL* file_url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:file_path_ns];
-    // Ignore errors since the file may not exist.
-    CSBackupSetItemExcluded(base::mac::NSToCFCast(file_url), FALSE, TRUE);
-  }
-}
-
 bool SetFileBackupExclusion(const FilePath& file_path) {
-  // Do a pre-emptive unexclude by-path since by-path exclusions may have
-  // been performed on this file in the past. This feature is available to
-  // administrative users in 10.5 and 10.6, but is restricted to the root
-  // user in 10.7. Since it logs messages to the console in 10.7 and
-  // wouldn't work anyway, avoid calling it altogether in that version.
-  //
-  // TODO(mrossetti): Remove on the trunk after September
-  // 2011, M15. http://crbug.com/85999
-  ClearByPathBackupExclusion(file_path);
-
   NSString* file_path_ns =
       [NSString stringWithUTF8String:file_path.value().c_str()];
   NSURL* file_url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:file_path_ns];
diff --git a/chrome/browser/history/history_database.cc b/chrome/browser/history/history_database.cc
index 6539b233aad78f..c1ed0c9fc97106 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/history/history_database.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/history/history_database.cc
@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@ HistoryDatabase::~HistoryDatabase() {
 
 sql::InitStatus HistoryDatabase::Init(const FilePath& history_name,
                                       const FilePath& bookmarks_path) {
-#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
-  // TODO(mrossetti): Remove in M15. See http://crbug.com/85999
-  // NOTE: Do not remove the SetFileBackupExclusion call below as part of this
-  //       cleanup.
-  // Do a pre-emptive unexclude by-path since by-path exclusions may have
-  // been performed on this file in the past.
-  FilePath::StringType journal_name(history_name.value());
-  journal_name.append("-journal");
-  FilePath journal_path(journal_name);
-  base::mac::ClearByPathBackupExclusion(journal_path);
-#endif
-
   // Set the exceptional sqlite error handler.
   db_.set_error_delegate(GetErrorHandlerForHistoryDb());
 
diff --git a/chrome/browser/history/thumbnail_database.cc b/chrome/browser/history/thumbnail_database.cc
index 977677ff7ed8ca..e9d57307372927 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/history/thumbnail_database.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/history/thumbnail_database.cc
@@ -56,18 +56,6 @@ sql::InitStatus ThumbnailDatabase::Init(
     const FilePath& db_name,
     const HistoryPublisher* history_publisher,
     URLDatabase* url_db) {
-#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
-  // TODO(mrossetti): Remove in M15. See http://crbug.com/85999
-  // NOTE: Do not remove the SetFileBackupExclusion call below as part of this
-  //       cleanup.
-  // Do a pre-emptive unexclude by-path since by-path exclusions may have
-  // been performed on this file in the past.
-  FilePath::StringType journal_name(db_name.value());
-  journal_name.append("-journal");
-  FilePath journal_path(journal_name);
-  base::mac::ClearByPathBackupExclusion(journal_path);
-#endif
-
   history_publisher_ = history_publisher;
   sql::InitStatus status = OpenDatabase(&db_, db_name);
   if (status != sql::INIT_OK)