diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 506765afa1a3135d1ff9bccc48f06634439fa69e..bb8d67e2740ac70d7c9c87c078429475f9e0b79d 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -376,12 +376,11 @@ static int hpfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	dnode_secno dno;
 	int r;
-	int rep = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	hpfs_lock(dir->i_sb);
 	hpfs_adjust_length(name, &len);
-again:
+
 	err = -ENOENT;
 	de = map_dirent(dir, hpfs_i(dir)->i_dno, name, len, &dno, &qbh);
 	if (!de)
@@ -401,33 +400,9 @@ static int hpfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		hpfs_error(dir->i_sb, "there was error when removing dirent");
 		err = -EFSERROR;
 		break;
-	case 2:		/* no space for deleting, try to truncate file */
-
+	case 2:		/* no space for deleting */
 		err = -ENOSPC;
-		if (rep++)
-			break;
-
-		dentry_unhash(dentry);
-		if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-			hpfs_unlock(dir->i_sb);
-			return -ENOSPC;
-		}
-		if (generic_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE) ||
-		    !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
-		    get_write_access(inode)) {
-			d_rehash(dentry);
-		} else {
-			struct iattr newattrs;
-			/*pr_info("truncating file before delete.\n");*/
-			newattrs.ia_size = 0;
-			newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_CTIME;
-			err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs, NULL);
-			put_write_access(inode);
-			if (!err)
-				goto again;
-		}
-		hpfs_unlock(dir->i_sb);
-		return -ENOSPC;
+		break;
 	default:
 		drop_nlink(inode);
 		err = 0;