diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c b/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
index ebac2b49b9c6e503173f5178d20907dd626820cf..f2c3b67dbb369561f466b0b653eb1e2b49c7ed58 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_sbc.c
@@ -425,14 +425,8 @@ static sense_reason_t compare_and_write_post(struct se_cmd *cmd, bool success,
 	struct se_device *dev = cmd->se_dev;
 	sense_reason_t ret = TCM_NO_SENSE;
 
-	/*
-	 * Only set SCF_COMPARE_AND_WRITE_POST to force a response fall-through
-	 * within target_complete_ok_work() if the command was successfully
-	 * sent to the backend driver.
-	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&cmd->t_state_lock);
 	if (cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_SENT) {
-		cmd->se_cmd_flags |= SCF_COMPARE_AND_WRITE_POST;
 		*post_ret = 1;
 
 		if (cmd->scsi_status == SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION)
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 7a4ee7852ca486396b819c2cfb3334ce4756a997..e3bdb0550a596bb4c8b90614c267920ec9ac1972 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ enum se_cmd_flags_table {
 	SCF_ALUA_NON_OPTIMIZED		= 0x00008000,
 	SCF_PASSTHROUGH_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC = 0x00020000,
 	SCF_COMPARE_AND_WRITE		= 0x00080000,
-	SCF_COMPARE_AND_WRITE_POST	= 0x00100000,
 	SCF_PASSTHROUGH_PROT_SG_TO_MEM_NOALLOC = 0x00200000,
 	SCF_ACK_KREF			= 0x00400000,
 	SCF_USE_CPUID			= 0x00800000,