diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index 4794923c410c..43527fd78825 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@ struct btrfs_inode {
 	 */
 	struct list_head delalloc_inodes;
 
-	/*
-	 * list for tracking inodes that must be sent to disk before a
-	 * rename or truncate commit
-	 */
-	struct list_head ordered_operations;
-
 	/* node for the red-black tree that links inodes in subvolume root */
 	struct rb_node rb_node;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 08e65e9cf2aa..d0ed9e664f7d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ static void end_workqueue_fn(struct btrfs_work *work);
 static void free_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root);
 static int btrfs_check_super_valid(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				    int read_only);
-static void btrfs_destroy_ordered_operations(struct btrfs_transaction *t,
-					     struct btrfs_root *root);
 static void btrfs_destroy_ordered_extents(struct btrfs_root *root);
 static int btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 				      struct btrfs_root *root);
@@ -3829,34 +3827,6 @@ static void btrfs_error_commit_super(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	btrfs_cleanup_transaction(root);
 }
 
-static void btrfs_destroy_ordered_operations(struct btrfs_transaction *t,
-					     struct btrfs_root *root)
-{
-	struct btrfs_inode *btrfs_inode;
-	struct list_head splice;
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&splice);
-
-	mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_operations_mutex);
-	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-
-	list_splice_init(&t->ordered_operations, &splice);
-	while (!list_empty(&splice)) {
-		btrfs_inode = list_entry(splice.next, struct btrfs_inode,
-					 ordered_operations);
-
-		list_del_init(&btrfs_inode->ordered_operations);
-		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-
-		btrfs_invalidate_inodes(btrfs_inode->root);
-
-		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-	mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_operations_mutex);
-}
-
 static void btrfs_destroy_ordered_extents(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
 	struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered;
@@ -4093,8 +4063,6 @@ again:
 void btrfs_cleanup_one_transaction(struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans,
 				   struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-	btrfs_destroy_ordered_operations(cur_trans, root);
-
 	btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(cur_trans, root);
 
 	cur_trans->state = TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 1f2b99cb55ea..d3afac292d67 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1838,33 +1838,9 @@ out:
 
 int btrfs_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	/*
-	 * ordered_data_close is set by settattr when we are about to truncate
-	 * a file from a non-zero size to a zero size.  This tries to
-	 * flush down new bytes that may have been written if the
-	 * application were using truncate to replace a file in place.
-	 */
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_ORDERED_DATA_CLOSE,
-			       &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags)) {
-		struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
-		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
-
-		/*
-		 * We need to block on a committing transaction to keep us from
-		 * throwing a ordered operation on to the list and causing
-		 * something like sync to deadlock trying to flush out this
-		 * inode.
-		 */
-		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(trans))
-			return PTR_ERR(trans);
-		btrfs_add_ordered_operation(trans, BTRFS_I(inode)->root, inode);
-		btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
-		if (inode->i_size > BTRFS_ORDERED_OPERATIONS_FLUSH_LIMIT)
-			filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
-	}
 	if (filp->private_data)
 		btrfs_ioctl_trans_end(filp);
+	filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8ea7610fbaf3..73098328d040 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7950,27 +7950,6 @@ static int btrfs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 				      min_size);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	/*
-	 * setattr is responsible for setting the ordered_data_close flag,
-	 * but that is only tested during the last file release.  That
-	 * could happen well after the next commit, leaving a great big
-	 * window where new writes may get lost if someone chooses to write
-	 * to this file after truncating to zero
-	 *
-	 * The inode doesn't have any dirty data here, and so if we commit
-	 * this is a noop.  If someone immediately starts writing to the inode
-	 * it is very likely we'll catch some of their writes in this
-	 * transaction, and the commit will find this file on the ordered
-	 * data list with good things to send down.
-	 *
-	 * This is a best effort solution, there is still a window where
-	 * using truncate to replace the contents of the file will
-	 * end up with a zero length file after a crash.
-	 */
-	if (inode->i_size == 0 && test_bit(BTRFS_INODE_ORDERED_DATA_CLOSE,
-					   &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags))
-		btrfs_add_ordered_operation(trans, root, inode);
-
 	/*
 	 * So if we truncate and then write and fsync we normally would just
 	 * write the extents that changed, which is a problem if we need to
@@ -8118,7 +8097,6 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	mutex_init(&ei->delalloc_mutex);
 	btrfs_ordered_inode_tree_init(&ei->ordered_tree);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->delalloc_inodes);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->ordered_operations);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&ei->rb_node);
 
 	return inode;
@@ -8158,17 +8136,6 @@ void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!root)
 		goto free;
 
-	/*
-	 * Make sure we're properly removed from the ordered operation
-	 * lists.
-	 */
-	smp_mb();
-	if (!list_empty(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations)) {
-		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-		list_del_init(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations);
-		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-	}
-
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_INODE_HAS_ORPHAN_ITEM,
 		     &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags)) {
 		btrfs_info(root->fs_info, "inode %llu still on the orphan list",
@@ -8350,12 +8317,10 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	ret = 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * we're using rename to replace one file with another.
-	 * and the replacement file is large.  Start IO on it now so
-	 * we don't add too much work to the end of the transaction
+	 * we're using rename to replace one file with another.  Start IO on it
+	 * now so  we don't add too much work to the end of the transaction
 	 */
-	if (new_inode && S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode) && new_inode->i_size &&
-	    old_inode->i_size > BTRFS_ORDERED_OPERATIONS_FLUSH_LIMIT)
+	if (new_inode && S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode) && new_inode->i_size)
 		filemap_flush(old_inode->i_mapping);
 
 	/* close the racy window with snapshot create/destroy ioctl */
@@ -8403,12 +8368,6 @@ static int btrfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		 */
 		btrfs_pin_log_trans(root);
 	}
-	/*
-	 * make sure the inode gets flushed if it is replacing
-	 * something.
-	 */
-	if (new_inode && new_inode->i_size && S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode))
-		btrfs_add_ordered_operation(trans, root, old_inode);
 
 	inode_inc_iversion(old_dir);
 	inode_inc_iversion(new_dir);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index 7187b14faa6c..963895c1f801 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -571,18 +571,6 @@ void btrfs_remove_ordered_extent(struct inode *inode,
 
 	trace_btrfs_ordered_extent_remove(inode, entry);
 
-	/*
-	 * we have no more ordered extents for this inode and
-	 * no dirty pages.  We can safely remove it from the
-	 * list of ordered extents
-	 */
-	if (RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&tree->tree) &&
-	    !mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
-		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-		list_del_init(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations);
-		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-	}
-
 	if (!root->nr_ordered_extents) {
 		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
 		BUG_ON(list_empty(&root->ordered_root));
@@ -686,81 +674,6 @@ void btrfs_wait_ordered_roots(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, int nr)
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->ordered_operations_mutex);
 }
 
-/*
- * this is used during transaction commit to write all the inodes
- * added to the ordered operation list.  These files must be fully on
- * disk before the transaction commits.
- *
- * we have two modes here, one is to just start the IO via filemap_flush
- * and the other is to wait for all the io.  When we wait, we have an
- * extra check to make sure the ordered operation list really is empty
- * before we return
- */
-int btrfs_run_ordered_operations(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				 struct btrfs_root *root, int wait)
-{
-	struct btrfs_inode *btrfs_inode;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans = trans->transaction;
-	struct list_head splice;
-	struct list_head works;
-	struct btrfs_delalloc_work *work, *next;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&splice);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&works);
-
-	mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_flush_mutex);
-	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-	list_splice_init(&cur_trans->ordered_operations, &splice);
-	while (!list_empty(&splice)) {
-		btrfs_inode = list_entry(splice.next, struct btrfs_inode,
-				   ordered_operations);
-		inode = &btrfs_inode->vfs_inode;
-
-		list_del_init(&btrfs_inode->ordered_operations);
-
-		/*
-		 * the inode may be getting freed (in sys_unlink path).
-		 */
-		inode = igrab(inode);
-		if (!inode)
-			continue;
-
-		if (!wait)
-			list_add_tail(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations,
-				      &cur_trans->ordered_operations);
-		spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-
-		work = btrfs_alloc_delalloc_work(inode, wait, 1);
-		if (!work) {
-			spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-			if (list_empty(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations))
-				list_add_tail(&btrfs_inode->ordered_operations,
-					      &splice);
-			list_splice_tail(&splice,
-					 &cur_trans->ordered_operations);
-			spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		list_add_tail(&work->list, &works);
-		btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->flush_workers,
-				 &work->work);
-
-		cond_resched();
-		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-out:
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(work, next, &works, list) {
-		list_del_init(&work->list);
-		btrfs_wait_and_free_delalloc_work(work);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_extent_flush_mutex);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Used to start IO or wait for a given ordered extent to finish.
  *
@@ -1120,42 +1033,6 @@ out:
 	return index;
 }
 
-
-/*
- * add a given inode to the list of inodes that must be fully on
- * disk before a transaction commit finishes.
- *
- * This basically gives us the ext3 style data=ordered mode, and it is mostly
- * used to make sure renamed files are fully on disk.
- *
- * It is a noop if the inode is already fully on disk.
- *
- * If trans is not null, we'll do a friendly check for a transaction that
- * is already flushing things and force the IO down ourselves.
- */
-void btrfs_add_ordered_operation(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				 struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans = trans->transaction;
-	u64 last_mod;
-
-	last_mod = max(BTRFS_I(inode)->generation, BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans);
-
-	/*
-	 * if this file hasn't been changed since the last transaction
-	 * commit, we can safely return without doing anything
-	 */
-	if (last_mod <= root->fs_info->last_trans_committed)
-		return;
-
-	spin_lock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-	if (list_empty(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations)) {
-		list_add_tail(&BTRFS_I(inode)->ordered_operations,
-			      &cur_trans->ordered_operations);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&root->fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
-}
-
 int __init ordered_data_init(void)
 {
 	btrfs_ordered_extent_cache = kmem_cache_create("btrfs_ordered_extent",
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
index 246897058efb..d81a274d621e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ int btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(struct inode *inode, u64 offset,
 				struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered);
 int btrfs_find_ordered_sum(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, u64 disk_bytenr,
 			   u32 *sum, int len);
-int btrfs_run_ordered_operations(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				 struct btrfs_root *root, int wait);
-void btrfs_add_ordered_operation(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-				 struct btrfs_root *root,
-				 struct inode *inode);
 int btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(struct btrfs_root *root, int nr);
 void btrfs_wait_ordered_roots(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, int nr);
 void btrfs_get_logged_extents(struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 5f379affdf23..d89c6d3542ca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ loop:
 	spin_lock_init(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.lock);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->pending_snapshots);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->ordered_operations);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->pending_chunks);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cur_trans->switch_commits);
 	list_add_tail(&cur_trans->list, &fs_info->trans_list);
@@ -1612,27 +1611,6 @@ static void cleanup_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);
 }
 
-static int btrfs_flush_all_pending_stuffs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-					  struct btrfs_root *root)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * rename don't use btrfs_join_transaction, so, once we
-	 * set the transaction to blocked above, we aren't going
-	 * to get any new ordered operations.  We can safely run
-	 * it here and no for sure that nothing new will be added
-	 * to the list
-	 */
-	ret = btrfs_run_ordered_operations(trans, root, 1);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static inline int btrfs_start_delalloc_flush(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(fs_info->tree_root, FLUSHONCOMMIT))
@@ -1653,13 +1631,6 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_transaction *prev_trans = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = btrfs_run_ordered_operations(trans, root, 0);
-	if (ret) {
-		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
-		btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	/* Stop the commit early if ->aborted is set */
 	if (unlikely(ACCESS_ONCE(cur_trans->aborted))) {
 		ret = cur_trans->aborted;
@@ -1740,7 +1711,7 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (ret)
 		goto cleanup_transaction;
 
-	ret = btrfs_flush_all_pending_stuffs(trans, root);
+	ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
 	if (ret)
 		goto cleanup_transaction;
 
@@ -1748,7 +1719,7 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		   extwriter_counter_read(cur_trans) == 0);
 
 	/* some pending stuffs might be added after the previous flush. */
-	ret = btrfs_flush_all_pending_stuffs(trans, root);
+	ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
 	if (ret)
 		goto cleanup_transaction;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index 7dd558ed0716..579be51b27e5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ struct btrfs_transaction {
 	wait_queue_head_t writer_wait;
 	wait_queue_head_t commit_wait;
 	struct list_head pending_snapshots;
-	struct list_head ordered_operations;
 	struct list_head pending_chunks;
 	struct list_head switch_commits;
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_root delayed_refs;