diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 3bca7a79efda..7c426584e35a 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1758,11 +1758,6 @@ static void io_iopoll_req_issued(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	}
 }
 
-static bool io_bdev_nowait(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	return !bdev || bdev_nowait(bdev);
-}
-
 /*
  * If we tracked the file through the SCM inflight mechanism, we could support
  * any file. For now, just ensure that anything potentially problematic is done
@@ -1770,22 +1765,6 @@ static bool io_bdev_nowait(struct block_device *bdev)
  */
 static bool __io_file_supports_nowait(struct file *file, umode_t mode)
 {
-	if (S_ISBLK(mode)) {
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLOCK) &&
-		    io_bdev_nowait(I_BDEV(file->f_mapping->host)))
-			return true;
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
-		return true;
-	if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLOCK) &&
-		    io_bdev_nowait(file->f_inode->i_sb->s_bdev) &&
-		    !io_is_uring_fops(file))
-			return true;
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	/* any ->read/write should understand O_NONBLOCK */
 	if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		return true;