diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 4edc94aab17e..cfdb51dd669e 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ struct io_kiocb {
 #define REQ_F_IO_DRAIN		16	/* drain existing IO first */
 #define REQ_F_IO_DRAINED	32	/* drain done */
 #define REQ_F_LINK		64	/* linked sqes */
-#define REQ_F_LINK_DONE		128	/* linked sqes done */
 #define REQ_F_FAIL_LINK		256	/* fail rest of links */
 #define REQ_F_SHADOW_DRAIN	512	/* link-drain shadow req */
 #define REQ_F_TIMEOUT		1024	/* timeout request */
@@ -731,7 +730,6 @@ static void io_req_link_next(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxtptr)
 			nxt->flags |= REQ_F_LINK;
 		}
 
-		nxt->flags |= REQ_F_LINK_DONE;
 		/*
 		 * If we're in async work, we can continue processing the chain
 		 * in this context instead of having to queue up new async work.