diff --git a/verify.c b/verify.c
index f40d7e1..696aff7 100644
--- a/verify.c
+++ b/verify.c
@@ -692,18 +692,9 @@
 			memswp(p, p + td->o.verify_offset, header_size);
 		hdr = p;
 
-		if (hdr->fio_magic == FIO_HDR_MAGIC2) {
-			if (!verify_hdr_crc(hdr)) {
-				log_err("fio: bad crc on verify header.\n");
-				return EILSEQ;
-			}
-		} else if (hdr->fio_magic == FIO_HDR_MAGIC) {
-			log_err("fio: v1 headers no longer supported.\n");
-			log_err("fio: re-run the write workload.\n");
-			return EILSEQ;
-		} else {
+		if (hdr->magic != FIO_HDR_MAGIC || !verify_hdr_crc(hdr)) {
 			log_err("verify: bad magic header %x, wanted %x at file %s offset %llu, length %u\n",
-				hdr->fio_magic, FIO_HDR_MAGIC2,
+				hdr->magic, FIO_HDR_MAGIC,
 				io_u->file->file_name,
 				io_u->offset + hdr_num * hdr->len, hdr->len);
 			return EILSEQ;
@@ -860,12 +851,10 @@
 
 	p = (void *) hdr;
 
-	hdr->fio_magic = FIO_HDR_MAGIC2;
-	hdr->len = header_len;
+	hdr->magic = FIO_HDR_MAGIC;
 	hdr->verify_type = td->o.verify;
-	hdr->pad1 = 0;
+	hdr->len = header_len;
 	hdr->rand_seed = io_u->rand_seed;
-	hdr->pad2 = 0;
 	hdr->crc32 = crc32c(p, sizeof(*hdr) - sizeof(hdr->crc32));
 
 	data_len = header_len - hdr_size(hdr);
diff --git a/verify.h b/verify.h
index ec7365c..7c238c8 100644
--- a/verify.h
+++ b/verify.h
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#define FIO_HDR_MAGIC	0xf00baaef
-#define FIO_HDR_MAGIC2	0xf00dbeef
+#define FIO_HDR_MAGIC	0xacca
 
 enum {
 	VERIFY_NONE = 0,		/* no verification */
@@ -29,12 +28,10 @@
  * data.
  */
 struct verify_header {
-	uint32_t fio_magic;
+	uint16_t magic;
+	uint16_t verify_type;
 	uint32_t len;
-	uint32_t verify_type;
-	uint32_t pad1;
 	uint64_t rand_seed;
-	uint32_t pad2;
 	uint32_t crc32;
 };