diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 3152bc8ba0..01a7b94d62 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -240,14 +240,6 @@ done:
     return;
 }
 
-
-static void qemu_rbd_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
-{
-    /* XXX Does RBD support AIO on less than 512-byte alignment? */
-    bs->bl.request_alignment = 512;
-}
-
-
 static int qemu_rbd_set_auth(rados_t cluster, BlockdevOptionsRbd *opts,
                              Error **errp)
 {
@@ -1482,7 +1474,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
     .format_name            = "rbd",
     .instance_size          = sizeof(BDRVRBDState),
     .bdrv_parse_filename    = qemu_rbd_parse_filename,
-    .bdrv_refresh_limits    = qemu_rbd_refresh_limits,
     .bdrv_file_open         = qemu_rbd_open,
     .bdrv_close             = qemu_rbd_close,
     .bdrv_reopen_prepare    = qemu_rbd_reopen_prepare,