diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/fs/StreamWriterBase.java b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/fs/StreamWriterBase.java
index 3e9eb11abbb0ec375886f84b0beeb0583bd7edd5..0a3a60362f1663f8206f0c44db8d731807750e36 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/fs/StreamWriterBase.java
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/fs/StreamWriterBase.java
@@ -18,38 +18,24 @@
 
 package org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.fs;
 
-import org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.fs.bucketing.BucketingSink;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsDataOutputStream;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
 
 /**
  * Base class for {@link Writer Writers} that write to a {@link FSDataOutputStream}.
  */
 public abstract class StreamWriterBase<T> implements Writer<T> {
 
-	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BucketingSink.class);
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
 
 	/**
 	 * The {@code FSDataOutputStream} for the current part file.
 	 */
 	private transient FSDataOutputStream outStream;
 
-	/**
-	 * We use reflection to get the hflush method or use sync as a fallback.
-	 * The idea for this and the code comes from the Flume HDFS Sink.
-	 */
-	private transient Method refHflushOrSync;
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the current output stream, if the stream is open.
 	 */
@@ -60,74 +46,12 @@ public abstract class StreamWriterBase<T> implements Writer<T> {
 		return outStream;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * If hflush is available in this version of HDFS, then this method calls
-	 * hflush, else it calls sync.
-	 *
-	 * <p>Note: This code comes from Flume
-	 *
-	 * @param os - The stream to flush/sync
-	 * @throws java.io.IOException
-	 */
-	protected void hflushOrSync(FSDataOutputStream os) throws IOException {
-		try {
-			// At this point the refHflushOrSync cannot be null,
-			// since register method would have thrown if it was.
-			this.refHflushOrSync.invoke(os);
-
-			if (os instanceof HdfsDataOutputStream) {
-				((HdfsDataOutputStream) os).hsync(EnumSet.of(HdfsDataOutputStream.SyncFlag.UPDATE_LENGTH));
-			}
-		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-			String msg = "Error while trying to hflushOrSync!";
-			LOG.error(msg + " " + e.getCause());
-			Throwable cause = e.getCause();
-			if (cause != null && cause instanceof IOException) {
-				throw (IOException) cause;
-			}
-			throw new RuntimeException(msg, e);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			String msg = "Error while trying to hflushOrSync!";
-			LOG.error(msg + " " + e);
-			throw new RuntimeException(msg, e);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the hflush call using reflection. Fallback to sync if hflush is not available.
-	 *
-	 * <p>Note: This code comes from Flume
-	 */
-	private Method reflectHflushOrSync(FSDataOutputStream os) {
-		Method m = null;
-		if (os != null) {
-			Class<?> fsDataOutputStreamClass = os.getClass();
-			try {
-				m = fsDataOutputStreamClass.getMethod("hflush");
-			} catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
-				LOG.debug("HFlush not found. Will use sync() instead");
-				try {
-					m = fsDataOutputStreamClass.getMethod("sync");
-				} catch (Exception ex1) {
-					String msg = "Neither hflush not sync were found. That seems to be " +
-							"a problem!";
-					LOG.error(msg);
-					throw new RuntimeException(msg, ex1);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return m;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void open(FileSystem fs, Path path) throws IOException {
 		if (outStream != null) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Writer has already been opened");
 		}
 		outStream = fs.create(path, false);
-		if (refHflushOrSync == null) {
-			refHflushOrSync = reflectHflushOrSync(outStream);
-		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -135,7 +59,7 @@ public abstract class StreamWriterBase<T> implements Writer<T> {
 		if (outStream == null) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Writer is not open");
 		}
-		hflushOrSync(outStream);
+		outStream.hflush();
 		return outStream.getPos();
 	}
 
@@ -155,5 +79,4 @@ public abstract class StreamWriterBase<T> implements Writer<T> {
 			outStream = null;
 		}
 	}
-
 }