diff --git a/src/mds/MDCache.cc b/src/mds/MDCache.cc
index eb91692425e..c322e7e4fd5 100644
--- a/src/mds/MDCache.cc
+++ b/src/mds/MDCache.cc
@@ -11337,11 +11337,6 @@ void MDCache::handle_dentry_unlink(const cref_t<MDentryUnlink> &m)
       }
       ceph_assert(dnl->is_null());
       dn->state_clear(CDentry::STATE_UNLINKING);
-
-      MDSContext::vec finished;
-      dn->take_waiting(CDentry::WAIT_UNLINK_FINISH, finished);
-      mds->queue_waiters(finished);
-
     }
   }