diff --git a/src/port/copydir.c b/src/port/copydir.c
index 67dc9091d1..56bd3f941b 100644
--- a/src/port/copydir.c
+++ b/src/port/copydir.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *	as a service.
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/copydir.c,v 1.23.2.1 2010/02/14 17:50:47 stark Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/copydir.c,v 1.23.2.2 2010/02/16 00:01:35 stark Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ copydir(char *fromdir, char *todir, bool recurse)
 {
 	DIR		   *xldir;
 	struct dirent *xlde;
-	int         dirfd;
 	char		fromfile[MAXPGPATH];
 	char		tofile[MAXPGPATH];
 
@@ -92,26 +91,6 @@ copydir(char *fromdir, char *todir, bool recurse)
 	}
 
 	FreeDir(xldir);
-
-	/*
-	 * fsync the directory to make sure not just the data but also the
-	 * new directory file entries have reached the disk. While needed
-	 * by most filesystems, the window got bigger with newer ones like
-	 * ext4.
-	 */
-	dirfd = BasicOpenFile(todir,
-	                      O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY,
-	                      S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-	if(dirfd == -1)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-		        (errcode_for_file_access(),
-		         errmsg("could not open directory for fsync \"%s\": %m", todir)));
-
-	if(pg_fsync(dirfd) == -1)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode_for_file_access(),
-				 errmsg("could not fsync directory \"%s\": %m", todir)));
-	close(dirfd);
 }
 
 /*