diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d0ff0b8..d99601a 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -421,9 +421,6 @@
  * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
  * against the entire list.
  *
- * WB_SYNC_HOLD is a hack for sys_sync(): reattach the inode to sb->s_dirty so
- * that it can be located for waiting on in __writeback_single_inode().
- *
  * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
  * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
  * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched.  For other superblocks,
@@ -499,10 +496,6 @@
 		__iget(inode);
 		pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
 		__writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
-		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_HOLD) {
-			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
-			list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
-		}
 		if (current_is_pdflush())
 			writeback_release(bdi);
 		if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
@@ -588,8 +581,7 @@
 
 /*
  * writeback and wait upon the filesystem's dirty inodes.  The caller will
- * do this in two passes - one to write, and one to wait.  WB_SYNC_HOLD is
- * used to park the written inodes on sb->s_dirty for the wait pass.
+ * do this in two passes - one to write, and one to wait.
  *
  * A finite limit is set on the number of pages which will be written.
  * To prevent infinite livelock of sys_sync().
@@ -600,7 +592,7 @@
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
-		.sync_mode	= wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_HOLD,
+		.sync_mode	= wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
 		.range_start	= 0,
 		.range_end	= LLONG_MAX,
 	};