diff --git a/src/common/legacy_config_opts.h b/src/common/legacy_config_opts.h
index 02094b29877..407b9020916 100644
--- a/src/common/legacy_config_opts.h
+++ b/src/common/legacy_config_opts.h
@@ -1058,7 +1058,6 @@ OPTION(bluestore_blobid_prealloc, OPT_U64)
 OPTION(bluestore_clone_cow, OPT_BOOL)  // do copy-on-write for clones
 OPTION(bluestore_default_buffered_read, OPT_BOOL)
 OPTION(bluestore_default_buffered_write, OPT_BOOL)
-OPTION(bluestore_debug_misc, OPT_BOOL)
 OPTION(bluestore_debug_no_reuse_blocks, OPT_BOOL)
 OPTION(bluestore_debug_small_allocations, OPT_INT)
 OPTION(bluestore_debug_too_many_blobs_threshold, OPT_INT)
diff --git a/src/common/options.cc b/src/common/options.cc
index b58acbc8889..145475a008e 100644
--- a/src/common/options.cc
+++ b/src/common/options.cc
@@ -4811,10 +4811,6 @@ std::vector<Option> get_global_options() {
     .set_flag(Option::FLAG_RUNTIME)
     .set_description("Cache writes by default (unless hinted NOCACHE or WONTNEED)"),
 
-    Option("bluestore_debug_misc", Option::TYPE_BOOL, Option::LEVEL_DEV)
-    .set_default(false)
-    .set_description(""),
-
     Option("bluestore_debug_no_reuse_blocks", Option::TYPE_BOOL, Option::LEVEL_DEV)
     .set_default(false)
     .set_description(""),
diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
index a936d445be5..fd4ae88116a 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
@@ -3617,8 +3617,7 @@ BlueStore::OnodeRef BlueStore::Collection::get_onode(
   }
   if (v.length() == 0) {
     ceph_assert(r == -ENOENT);
-    if (!store->cct->_conf->bluestore_debug_misc &&
-	!create)
+    if (!create)
       return OnodeRef();
 
     // new object, new onode
diff --git a/src/test/objectstore/store_test.cc b/src/test/objectstore/store_test.cc
index 969aeae881c..ef0f178f36d 100644
--- a/src/test/objectstore/store_test.cc
+++ b/src/test/objectstore/store_test.cc
@@ -7890,7 +7890,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val_or_die("bluestore_fsck_on_mkfs", "false");
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val_or_die("bluestore_fsck_on_mount", "false");
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val_or_die("bluestore_fsck_on_umount", "false");
-  g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val_or_die("bluestore_debug_misc", "true");
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val_or_die("bluestore_debug_small_allocations", "4");
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val_or_die("bluestore_debug_freelist", "true");
   g_ceph_context->_conf.set_val_or_die("bluestore_clone_cow", "true");