diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 28ab8a9e88a12653ebb3fdacbad14bfe8c8cca4a..2f7d75d59f049091b3f80e05b559aa5b20d4e6db 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -849,12 +849,6 @@ static int ocfs2_inode_is_valid_to_delete(struct inode *inode)
 		goto bail_unlock;
 	}
 
-	/* If we have allowd wipe of this inode for another node, it
-	 * will be marked here so we can safely skip it. Recovery will
-	 * cleanup any inodes we might inadvertently skip here. */
-	if (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_DELETE)
-		goto bail_unlock;
-
 	ret = 1;
 bail_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 837e5e42af8525bf71b3acaaa97f424b1220217c..a6c991c0fc98cf413a846ff75c1edf62c1348fcd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
 #define OCFS2_INODE_BITMAP		0x00000004
 /* This inode has been wiped from disk */
 #define OCFS2_INODE_DELETED		0x00000008
-/* Another node is deleting, so our delete is a nop */
-#define OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_DELETE		0x00000010
 /* Has the inode been orphaned on another node?
  *
  * This hints to ocfs2_drop_inode that it should clear i_nlink before
@@ -107,11 +105,11 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
  * rely on ocfs2_delete_inode to sort things out under the proper
  * cluster locks.
  */
-#define OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED	0x00000020
+#define OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED	0x00000010
 /* Does someone have the file open O_DIRECT */
-#define OCFS2_INODE_OPEN_DIRECT		0x00000040
+#define OCFS2_INODE_OPEN_DIRECT		0x00000020
 /* Tell the inode wipe code it's not in orphan dir */
-#define OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR     0x00000080
+#define OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR     0x00000040
 
 static inline struct ocfs2_inode_info *OCFS2_I(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 44fc3e530c3d82c5a0d42d838461365cc53d72f3..03ea9314fecd7c1f7de6ba659a659b0ebda57c75 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -2132,12 +2132,6 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		iter = oi->ip_next_orphan;
 
 		spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
-		/* The remote delete code may have set these on the
-		 * assumption that the other node would wipe them
-		 * successfully.  If they are still in the node's
-		 * orphan dir, we need to reset that state. */
-		oi->ip_flags &= ~(OCFS2_INODE_DELETED|OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_DELETE);
-
 		/* Set the proper information to get us going into
 		 * ocfs2_delete_inode. */
 		oi->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED;