diff --git a/ircd/fs_aio.cc b/ircd/fs_aio.cc
index 07cb00b42..4b2ec722b 100644
--- a/ircd/fs_aio.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs_aio.cc
@@ -201,46 +201,11 @@ ircd::fs::aio::read(const fd &fd,
 	const scope_count cur_reads{stats.cur_reads};
 	stats.max_reads = std::max(stats.max_reads, stats.cur_reads);
 
-	#if defined(RWF_NOWAIT) && defined(RB_DEBUG_FS_AIO_READ_BLOCKING)
-	request.aio_rw_flags |= support::nowait? RWF_NOWAIT : 0;
-	#endif
-
 	size_t bytes
 	{
 		request()
 	};
 
-	#if defined(RWF_NOWAIT) && defined(RB_DEBUG_FS_AIO_READ_BLOCKING)
-	const bool would_block
-	{
-		opts.blocking &&
-		request.aio_rw_flags & RWF_NOWAIT &&
-		request.retval == -1 &&
-		request.errcode == EAGAIN
-	};
-
-	if(would_block)
-	{
-		log::dwarning
-		{
-			log, "read blocks io_submit(): fd:%d size:%zu off:%zd op:%u pri:%u in_flight:%zu qcount:%zu",
-			request.aio_fildes,
-			request.aio_nbytes,
-			request.aio_offset,
-			request.aio_lio_opcode,
-			request.aio_reqprio,
-			system->in_flight,
-			system->qcount,
-		};
-
-		assert(bytes == 0);
-		request.aio_rw_flags &= ~RWF_NOWAIT;
-		request.retval = -2;
-		request.errcode = 0;
-		bytes = request();
-	}
-	#endif
-
 	stats.bytes_read += bytes;
 	stats.reads++;
 	return bytes;