diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dcd22a2c..c9a21065 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dnl Check for minimum required libparted version.
 dnl 1) Check using pkg-config.
 dnl    (Older distros tend to not provide pkg-config information for libparted).
 dnl 2) Check by linking and running a program to report libparted version directly.
-LIBPARTED_REQUIRED_VERSION='1.7.1'
+LIBPARTED_REQUIRED_VERSION='2.2'
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libparted >= $LIBPARTED_REQUIRED_VERSION (querying pkg-config)])
 LIBPARTED_REQUIRED_INT=`echo "$LIBPARTED_REQUIRED_VERSION" |
 	$AWK -F. '{print $1 * 1000000 + $2 * 10000 + $3}'`
@@ -141,26 +141,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-dnl Check for libparted >= 2.2 for improved informing the kernel to
-dnl re-read the partition table code and support of larger sector sizes
-dnl (> 512 bytes).
-LIBPARTED_WANTED_VERSION='2.2'
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libparted >= $LIBPARTED_WANTED_VERSION (improved pt re-read)])
-LIBPARTED_WANTED_INT=`echo "$LIBPARTED_WANTED_VERSION" |
-	$AWK -F. '{print $1 * 1000000 + $2 * 10000 + $3}'`
-if test "$LIBPARTED_FOUND_INT" -ge "$LIBPARTED_WANTED_INT"; then
-	AC_DEFINE([USE_LIBPARTED_LARGE_SECTOR_SUPPORT], 1,
-	          [Define to 1 to use libparted large sector support])
-	need_pt_reread_workaround=no; support_large_sector_sizes=yes
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([(cached) yes])
-else
-	AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_PT_REREAD_WORKAROUND], 1,
-	          [Define to 1 to enable partition re-read workaround])
-	need_pt_reread_workaround=yes; support_large_sector_sizes=no
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([(cached) no])
-fi
-
-
 dnl Check for ped_file_system_resize() function to determine the existence
 dnl of the API in the original parted library.  Available in parted <= 2.4.
 dnl
diff --git a/src/GParted_Core.cc b/src/GParted_Core.cc
index ff5f802c..90ca83ce 100644
--- a/src/GParted_Core.cc
+++ b/src/GParted_Core.cc
@@ -4236,19 +4236,6 @@ bool GParted_Core::useable_device( PedDevice * lp_device )
 {
 	g_assert( lp_device != NULL );  // Bug: Not initialised by call to ped_device_get() or ped_device_get_next()
 
-#ifndef USE_LIBPARTED_LARGE_SECTOR_SUPPORT
-	if ( lp_device->sector_size != 512 )
-	{
-		/* TO TRANSLATORS: looks like   Ignoring device /dev/sde with logical sector size of 2048 bytes. */
-		Glib::ustring msg = String::ucompose ( _("Ignoring device %1 with logical sector size of %2 bytes."),
-		                                       lp_device ->path, lp_device ->sector_size );
-		msg += "\n";
-		msg += _("GParted requires libparted version 2.2 or higher to support devices with sector sizes larger than 512 bytes.");
-		std::cout << msg << std::endl << std::endl;
-		return false;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	char * buf = static_cast<char *>( malloc( lp_device->sector_size ) );
 	if ( ! buf )
 		return false;
@@ -4385,16 +4372,6 @@ bool GParted_Core::commit_to_os( PedDisk* lp_disk, std::time_t timeout )
 	{
 #endif
 		succes = ped_disk_commit_to_os( lp_disk ) ;
-#ifdef ENABLE_PT_REREAD_WORKAROUND
-		//Work around to try to alleviate problems caused by
-		//  bug #604298 - Failure to inform kernel of partition changes
-		//  If not successful the first time, try one more time.
-		if ( ! succes )
-		{
-			sleep( 1 ) ;
-			succes = ped_disk_commit_to_os( lp_disk ) ;
-		}
-#endif
 #ifndef USE_LIBPARTED_DMRAID
 	}
 #endif