diff --git a/scst_local/Makefile b/scst_local/Makefile
index 32207ac30..80a8056bc 100644
--- a/scst_local/Makefile
+++ b/scst_local/Makefile
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ ccflags-y	+= -I$(src)/../scst/include
 ccflags-y	+= $(call cc-option,-Wextra) -Wno-unused-parameter\
 	-Wno-missing-field-initializers
 
-#ccflags-y += -DCONFIG_SCST_LOCAL_DIRECT_PROCESSING
-
 obj-m	:= scst_local.o
 else
 ######### BEGIN OUT-OF-TREE RULES #########
diff --git a/scst_local/README b/scst_local/README
index 5685abba9..e3502d6c3 100644
--- a/scst_local/README
+++ b/scst_local/README
@@ -228,24 +228,6 @@ user space:
 For other connected initiators steps 3-6 should be repeated.
 
 
-Compilation options
-===================
-
-There are the following compilation options, that could be commented
-in/out in Makefile:
-
- - CONFIG_SCST_LOCAL_DIRECT_PROCESSING - by default, when this option
-   is not defined, scst_local reschedules all commands for processing in
-   one of the SCST threads. If this option is defined, scst_local tries
-   to not do it, if possible (sometimes queuecommand() called under
-   various locks held), but instead process them in the submitter's
-   context. This is to increase performance, but as on 2.6.37 and below
-   Linux block layer doesn't work with such kind of reentrance, hence
-   this option disabled by default. Note! At the moment in
-   scst_estimate_context*() returning DIRECT contexts disabled, so this
-   option doesn't have any real effect.
-
-
 Change log
 ==========
 
diff --git a/scst_local/scst_local.c b/scst_local/scst_local.c
index acdbf492a..61d659a77 100644
--- a/scst_local/scst_local.c
+++ b/scst_local/scst_local.c
@@ -1045,29 +1045,7 @@ static int scst_local_queuecommand_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd,
 	scst_cmd_set_tgt_priv(scst_cmd, scmd);
 #endif
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 37)
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCST_LOCAL_DIRECT_PROCESSING
-	/*
-	 * NOTE! At the moment in scst_estimate_context*() returning
-	 * DIRECT contexts disabled, so this option doesn't have any
-	 * real effect.
-	 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	if (spin_is_locked(scmd->device->host->host_lock))
-		scst_cmd_init_done(scst_cmd, SCST_CONTEXT_THREAD);
-	else
-#endif
-		scst_cmd_init_done(scst_cmd, scst_estimate_context());
-#else
 	scst_cmd_init_done(scst_cmd, SCST_CONTEXT_THREAD);
-#endif
-#else
-	/*
-	 * We called with IRQs disabled, so have no choice,
-	 * except to pass to the thread context.
-	 */
-	scst_cmd_init_done(scst_cmd, SCST_CONTEXT_THREAD);
-#endif
 
 	TRACE_EXIT();
 	return 0;