diff --git a/kmod/src/format.h b/kmod/src/format.h
index e8b4ec86..822675e6 100644
--- a/kmod/src/format.h
+++ b/kmod/src/format.h
@@ -201,14 +201,6 @@ struct scoutfs_avl_node {
 /* each value ends with an offset which lets compaction iterate over values */
 #define SCOUTFS_BTREE_VAL_OWNER_BYTES	sizeof(__le16)
 
-/*
- * When debugging we can tune the splitting and merging thresholds to
- * create much larger trees by having blocks with many fewer items.  We
- * implement this by pretending the blocks are tiny.  They're still
- * large enough for a handful of items.
- */
-#define SCOUTFS_BTREE_TINY_BLOCK_SIZE	512
-
 /*
  * A 4EB test image measured a worst case height of 17.  This is plenty
  * generous.
diff --git a/kmod/src/options.c b/kmod/src/options.c
index 332b1cda..e7fe1843 100644
--- a/kmod/src/options.c
+++ b/kmod/src/options.c
@@ -33,19 +33,10 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 
 struct options_sb_info {
 	struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
-	u32 btree_force_tiny_blocks;
 };
 
 u32 scoutfs_option_u32(struct super_block *sb, int token)
 {
-	struct scoutfs_sb_info *sbi = SCOUTFS_SB(sb);
-	struct options_sb_info *osi = sbi->options;
-
-	switch(token) {
-		case Opt_btree_force_tiny_blocks:
-			return osi->btree_force_tiny_blocks;
-	}
-
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -143,13 +134,6 @@ int scoutfs_options_setup(struct super_block *sb)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!debugfs_create_bool("btree_force_tiny_blocks", 0644,
-				 osi->debugfs_dir,
-				 &osi->btree_force_tiny_blocks)) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/kmod/src/options.h b/kmod/src/options.h
index 0078dca2..d02b40d6 100644
--- a/kmod/src/options.h
+++ b/kmod/src/options.h
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 #include "format.h"
 
 enum {
-	/*
-	 * For debugging we can quickly create huge trees by limiting
-	 * the number of items in each block as though the blocks were tiny.
-	 */
-	Opt_btree_force_tiny_blocks,
 	Opt_server_addr,
 	Opt_err,
 };