diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs
index 61090a9123..377f9efca9 100644
--- a/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/scripts/zfs
@@ -890,30 +890,6 @@ mountroot()
 		ZFS_RPOOL="${pool}"
 	fi
 
-	# Set the no-op scheduler on the disks containing the vdevs of
-	# the root pool. For single-queue devices, this scheduler is
-	# "noop", for multi-queue devices, it is "none".
-	# ZFS already does this for wholedisk vdevs (for all pools), so this
-	# is only important for partitions.
-	"${ZPOOL}" status -L "${ZFS_RPOOL}" 2> /dev/null |
-	    awk '/^\t / && !/(mirror|raidz)/ {
-	        dev=$1;
-	        sub(/[0-9]+$/, "", dev);
-	        print dev
-	    }' |
-	while read -r i
-	do
-		SCHEDULER=/sys/block/$i/queue/scheduler
-		if [ -e "${SCHEDULER}" ]
-		then
-			# Query to see what schedulers are available
-			case "$(cat "${SCHEDULER}")" in
-				*noop*) echo noop > "${SCHEDULER}" ;;
-				*none*) echo none > "${SCHEDULER}" ;;
-			esac
-		fi
-	done
-
 
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