diff --git a/src/tools/ceph_monstore_tool.cc b/src/tools/ceph_monstore_tool.cc
index 29c38080d33..97fcf03a8a4 100644
--- a/src/tools/ceph_monstore_tool.cc
+++ b/src/tools/ceph_monstore_tool.cc
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ int parse_cmd_args(
  *  replay-trace
  *  random-gen
  *  rewrite-crush
- *  inflate-pgmap
  *
  * wanted syntax:
  *
@@ -222,8 +221,6 @@ void usage(const char *n, po::options_description &d)
   << "                                  (random-gen -- --help for more info)\n"
   << "  rewrite-crush [-- options]      add a rewrite commit to the store\n"
   << "                                  (rewrite-crush -- --help for more info)\n"
-  << "  inflate-pgmap [-- options]      add given number of pgmaps to store\n"
-  << "                                  (inflate-pgmap -- --help for more info)\n"
   << "  rebuild                         rebuild store\n"
   << "                                  (rebuild -- --help for more info)\n"
   << std::endl;
@@ -454,69 +451,6 @@ int rewrite_crush(const char* progname,
   return 0;
 }
 
-int inflate_pgmap(MonitorDBStore& st, unsigned n, bool can_be_trimmed) {
-  // put latest pg map into monstore to bloat it up
-  // only format version == 1 is supported
-  version_t last = st.get("pgmap", "last_committed");
-  bufferlist bl;
-
-  // get the latest delta
-  int r = st.get("pgmap", last, bl);
-  if (r) {
-    std::cerr << "Error getting pgmap: " << cpp_strerror(r) << std::endl;
-    return r;
-  }
-
-  // try to pull together an idempotent "delta"
-  ceph::unordered_map<pg_t, pg_stat_t> pg_stat;
-  for (KeyValueDB::Iterator i = st.get_iterator("pgmap_pg");
-       i->valid(); i->next()) {
-    pg_t pgid;
-    if (!pgid.parse(i->key().c_str())) {
-      std::cerr << "unable to parse key " << i->key() << std::endl;
-      continue;
-    }
-    bufferlist pg_bl = i->value();
-    pg_stat_t ps;
-    auto p = pg_bl.cbegin();
-    decode(ps, p);
-    // will update the last_epoch_clean of all the pgs.
-    pg_stat[pgid] = ps;
-  }
-
-  version_t first = st.get("pgmap", "first_committed");
-  version_t ver = last;
-  auto txn(std::make_shared<MonitorDBStore::Transaction>());
-  for (unsigned i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    bufferlist trans_bl;
-    bufferlist dirty_pgs;
-    for (ceph::unordered_map<pg_t, pg_stat_t>::iterator ps = pg_stat.begin();
-	 ps != pg_stat.end(); ++ps) {
-      encode(ps->first, dirty_pgs);
-      if (!can_be_trimmed) {
-	ps->second.last_epoch_clean = first;
-      }
-      encode(ps->second, dirty_pgs);
-    }
-    utime_t inc_stamp = ceph_clock_now();
-    encode(inc_stamp, trans_bl);
-    ::encode_destructively(dirty_pgs, trans_bl);
-    bufferlist dirty_osds;
-    encode(dirty_osds, trans_bl);
-    txn->put("pgmap", ++ver, trans_bl);
-    // update the db in batch
-    if (txn->size() > 1024) {
-      st.apply_transaction(txn);
-      // reset the transaction
-      txn.reset(new MonitorDBStore::Transaction);
-    }
-  }
-  txn->put("pgmap", "last_committed", ver);
-  // this will also piggy back the leftover pgmap added in the loop above
-  st.apply_transaction(txn);
-  return 0;
-}
-
 static int update_auth(MonitorDBStore& st, const string& keyring_path)
 {
   // import all keyrings stored in the keyring file
@@ -663,8 +597,7 @@ static int update_paxos(MonitorDBStore& st)
   {
     MonitorDBStore::Transaction t;
     vector<string> prefixes = {"auth", "osdmap",
-			       "mgr", "mgr_command_desc",
-			       "pgmap", "pgmap_pg"};
+			       "mgr", "mgr_command_desc"};
     for (const auto& prefix : prefixes) {
       for (auto i = st.get_iterator(prefix); i->valid(); i->next()) {
 	auto key = i->raw_key();
@@ -1302,29 +1235,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
               << std::endl;
   } else if (cmd == "rewrite-crush") {
     err = rewrite_crush(argv[0], subcmds, st);
-  } else if (cmd == "inflate-pgmap") {
-    unsigned n = 2000;
-    bool can_be_trimmed = false;
-    po::options_description op_desc("Allowed 'inflate-pgmap' options");
-    op_desc.add_options()
-      ("num-maps,n", po::value<unsigned>(&n),
-       "number of maps to add (default: 2000)")
-      ("can-be-trimmed", po::value<bool>(&can_be_trimmed),
-       "can be trimmed (default: false)")
-      ;
-
-    po::variables_map op_vm;
-    try {
-      po::parsed_options op_parsed = po::command_line_parser(subcmds).
-        options(op_desc).run();
-      po::store(op_parsed, op_vm);
-      po::notify(op_vm);
-    } catch (po::error &e) {
-      std::cerr << "error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      err = EINVAL;
-      goto done;
-    }
-    err = inflate_pgmap(st, n, can_be_trimmed);
   } else if (cmd == "rebuild") {
     err = rebuild_monstore(argv[0], subcmds, st);
   } else {