diff --git a/cmd/os-instrumented.go b/cmd/os-instrumented.go
index 5dbe20cce..d9b92d4a4 100644
--- a/cmd/os-instrumented.go
+++ b/cmd/os-instrumented.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const (
 	osMetricReadDirent
 	osMetricFdatasync
 	osMetricSync
-	osMetricRename2 // Linux specific
+
 	// .... add more
 
 	osMetricLast
diff --git a/cmd/os-rename_linux.go b/cmd/os-rename_linux.go
index 952f8894f..b5805f7a8 100644
--- a/cmd/os-rename_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/os-rename_linux.go
@@ -22,16 +22,8 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"syscall"
-
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-// Rename2 captures time taken to call os.Rename
-func Rename2(src, dst string) (err error) {
-	defer updateOSMetrics(osMetricRename2, src, dst)(err)
-	return unix.Renameat2(unix.AT_FDCWD, src, unix.AT_FDCWD, dst, uint(2)) // RENAME_EXCHANGE from 'man renameat2'
-}
-
 // RenameSys is low level call in case of Linux this uses syscall.Rename() directly.
 func RenameSys(src, dst string) (err error) {
 	return syscall.Rename(src, dst)
diff --git a/cmd/os-rename_nolinux.go b/cmd/os-rename_nolinux.go
index c88a367f4..5dd023d6d 100644
--- a/cmd/os-rename_nolinux.go
+++ b/cmd/os-rename_nolinux.go
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-// Rename2 is not implemented in a non linux environment
-func Rename2(src, dst string) (err error) {
-	return errSkipFile
-}
-
 // RenameSys is low level call in case of non-Linux this just uses os.Rename()
 func RenameSys(src, dst string) (err error) {
 	return os.Rename(src, dst)
diff --git a/cmd/osmetric_string.go b/cmd/osmetric_string.go
index fec4c0926..2f5f49fca 100644
--- a/cmd/osmetric_string.go
+++ b/cmd/osmetric_string.go
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ func _() {
 	_ = x[osMetricReadDirent-15]
 	_ = x[osMetricFdatasync-16]
 	_ = x[osMetricSync-17]
-	_ = x[osMetricRename2-18]
-	_ = x[osMetricLast-19]
+	_ = x[osMetricLast-18]
 }
 
-const _osMetric_name = "RemoveAllMkdirAllMkdirRenameOpenFileWOpenFileROpenFileWFdOpenFileRFdOpenOpenFileDirectIOLstatRemoveStatAccessCreateReadDirentFdatasyncSyncRename2Last"
+const _osMetric_name = "RemoveAllMkdirAllMkdirRenameOpenFileWOpenFileROpenFileWFdOpenFileRFdOpenOpenFileDirectIOLstatRemoveStatAccessCreateReadDirentFdatasyncSyncLast"
 
-var _osMetric_index = [...]uint8{0, 9, 17, 22, 28, 37, 46, 57, 68, 72, 88, 93, 99, 103, 109, 115, 125, 134, 138, 145, 149}
+var _osMetric_index = [...]uint8{0, 9, 17, 22, 28, 37, 46, 57, 68, 72, 88, 93, 99, 103, 109, 115, 125, 134, 138, 142}
 
 func (i osMetric) String() string {
 	if i >= osMetric(len(_osMetric_index)-1) {
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index aadec5b9f..eae61506b 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -2633,13 +2633,6 @@ func (s *xlStorage) RenameData(ctx context.Context, srcVolume, srcPath string, f
 		}
 		diskHealthCheckOK(ctx, err)
 
-		if !fi.Versioned && !fi.DataMov() && !fi.Healing() {
-			// Use https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/rename.2.html if possible on unversioned bucket.
-			if err := Rename2(pathutil.Join(srcVolumeDir, srcPath), pathutil.Join(dstVolumeDir, dstPath)); err == nil {
-				return sign, nil
-			} // if Rename2 is not successful fallback.
-		}
-
 		// renameAll only for objects that have xl.meta not saved inline.
 		if len(fi.Data) == 0 && fi.Size > 0 {
 			s.moveToTrash(dstDataPath, true, false)