diff --git a/include/ircd/fs/iov.h b/include/ircd/fs/iov.h
index 65c4471ac..3713258bf 100644
--- a/include/ircd/fs/iov.h
+++ b/include/ircd/fs/iov.h
@@ -31,12 +31,4 @@ namespace ircd::fs
 	// useful for progressive readv()'s filling the buffers.
 	const_iovec_view make_iov(const iovec_view &, const const_buffers &, const size_t &off = 0);
 	const_iovec_view make_iov(const iovec_view &, const mutable_buffers &, const size_t &off = 0);
-
-	// Transforms our buffers to struct iovec ones. This is done using an
-	// internal thread_local array of IOV_MAX. The returned view is of that
-	// array. We get away with using a single buffer because the synchronous
-	// readv()/writev() calls block the thread and for AIO the iov is copied out
-	// of userspace on io_submit().
-	const_iovec_view make_iov(const const_buffers &, const size_t &off = 0);
-	const_iovec_view make_iov(const mutable_buffers &, const size_t &off = 0);
 }
diff --git a/ircd/fs.cc b/ircd/fs.cc
index ed6683bcf..89123ca6c 100644
--- a/ircd/fs.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs.cc
@@ -1245,43 +1245,6 @@ noexcept(false)
 // fs/iov.h
 //
 
-namespace ircd::fs
-{
-	thread_local std::array<struct ::iovec, IOV_MAX> _iov_;
-}
-
-ircd::fs::const_iovec_view
-ircd::fs::make_iov(const mutable_buffers &bufs,
-                   const size_t &offset)
-{
-	if(unlikely(bufs.size() > _iov_.size()))
-		throw error
-		{
-			make_error_code(std::errc::invalid_argument),
-			"Buffer count of %zu exceeds IOV_MAX of %zu",
-			bufs.size(),
-			_iov_.size()
-		};
-
-	return make_iov(iovec_view(_iov_.data(), _iov_.size()), bufs, offset);
-}
-
-ircd::fs::const_iovec_view
-ircd::fs::make_iov(const const_buffers &bufs,
-                   const size_t &offset)
-{
-	if(unlikely(bufs.size() > _iov_.size()))
-		throw error
-		{
-			make_error_code(std::errc::invalid_argument),
-			"Buffer count of %zu exceeds IOV_MAX of %zu",
-			bufs.size(),
-			_iov_.size()
-		};
-
-	return make_iov(iovec_view(_iov_.data(), _iov_.size()), bufs, offset);
-}
-
 ircd::fs::const_iovec_view
 ircd::fs::make_iov(const iovec_view &iov,
                    const mutable_buffers &bufs,