diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 26e867087e95..b5327b4cdb34 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -386,13 +386,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			strcpy(eb->h_signature, OCFS2_EXTENT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
 			eb->h_blkno = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
 			eb->h_fs_generation = cpu_to_le32(osb->fs_generation);
-
-#ifndef OCFS2_USE_ALL_METADATA_SUBALLOCATORS
-			/* we always use slot zero's suballocator */
-			eb->h_suballoc_slot = 0;
-#else
 			eb->h_suballoc_slot = cpu_to_le16(osb->slot_num);
-#endif
 			eb->h_suballoc_bit = cpu_to_le16(suballoc_bit_start);
 			eb->h_list.l_count =
 				cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_eb(osb->sb));
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 82bf12f887a6..d9c5c9fcb30f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -488,13 +488,7 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	(*ac)->ac_bits_wanted = ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(fe);
 	(*ac)->ac_which = OCFS2_AC_USE_META;
-
-#ifndef OCFS2_USE_ALL_METADATA_SUBALLOCATORS
-	slot = 0;
-#else
 	slot = osb->slot_num;
-#endif
-
 	(*ac)->ac_group_search = ocfs2_block_group_search;
 
 	status = ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits(osb, (*ac),