diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
index b1360584417..eac073aecbb 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
@@ -3437,17 +3437,6 @@ BlueStore::BlueStore(CephContext *cct,
   _init_logger();
   cct->_conf->add_observer(this);
   set_cache_shards(1);
-
-  if (cct->_conf->bluestore_shard_finishers) {
-    m_finisher_num = cct->_conf->osd_op_num_shards;
-  }
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < m_finisher_num; ++i) {
-    ostringstream oss;
-    oss << "finisher-" << i;
-    Finisher *f = new Finisher(cct, oss.str(), "finisher");
-    finishers.push_back(f);
-  }
 }
 
 BlueStore::~BlueStore()