diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 9956c53f18f6..a735576471a9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -3700,17 +3700,11 @@ static int __btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl = fs_info->balance_ctl;
 	struct btrfs_root *chunk_root = fs_info->chunk_root;
-	struct btrfs_root *dev_root = fs_info->dev_root;
-	struct list_head *devices;
-	struct btrfs_device *device;
-	u64 old_size;
-	u64 size_to_free;
 	u64 chunk_type;
 	struct btrfs_chunk *chunk;
 	struct btrfs_path *path = NULL;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	struct btrfs_key found_key;
-	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 	int slot;
 	int ret;
@@ -3725,53 +3719,6 @@ static int __btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	u32 count_sys = 0;
 	int chunk_reserved = 0;
 
-	/* step one make some room on all the devices */
-	devices = &fs_info->fs_devices->devices;
-	list_for_each_entry(device, devices, dev_list) {
-		old_size = btrfs_device_get_total_bytes(device);
-		size_to_free = div_factor(old_size, 1);
-		size_to_free = min_t(u64, size_to_free, SZ_1M);
-		if (!test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_WRITEABLE, &device->dev_state) ||
-		    btrfs_device_get_total_bytes(device) -
-		    btrfs_device_get_bytes_used(device) > size_to_free ||
-		    test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_REPLACE_TGT, &device->dev_state))
-			continue;
-
-		ret = btrfs_shrink_device(device, old_size - size_to_free);
-		if (ret == -ENOSPC)
-			break;
-		if (ret) {
-			/* btrfs_shrink_device never returns ret > 0 */
-			WARN_ON(ret > 0);
-			goto error;
-		}
-
-		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(dev_root, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
-			btrfs_info_in_rcu(fs_info,
-		 "resize: unable to start transaction after shrinking device %s (error %d), old size %llu, new size %llu",
-					  rcu_str_deref(device->name), ret,
-					  old_size, old_size - size_to_free);
-			goto error;
-		}
-
-		ret = btrfs_grow_device(trans, device, old_size);
-		if (ret) {
-			btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
-			/* btrfs_grow_device never returns ret > 0 */
-			WARN_ON(ret > 0);
-			btrfs_info_in_rcu(fs_info,
-		 "resize: unable to grow device after shrinking device %s (error %d), old size %llu, new size %llu",
-					  rcu_str_deref(device->name), ret,
-					  old_size, old_size - size_to_free);
-			goto error;
-		}
-
-		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
-	}
-
-	/* step two, relocate all the chunks */
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;