diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 90e3296b4e47..d73a26860203 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW:
 	your scripts, because they had no effect.
 
 	The vfs.fusefs.fix_broken_io, vfs.fusefs.sync_resize,
-	vfs.fusefs.refresh_size, and vfs.fusefs.mmap_enable sysctls have been
-	removed.  If you felt the need to set any of them to a non-default
-	value, please tell asomers@FreeBSD.org why.
+	vfs.fusefs.refresh_size, vfs.fusefs.mmap_enable, and
+	vfs.fusefs.data_cache_invalidate sysctls have been removed.  If you
+	felt the need to set any of them to a non-default value, please tell
+	asomers@FreeBSD.org why.
 
 20190507:
 	The IPSEC option has been removed from GENERIC.  Users requiring
diff --git a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_ipc.h b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_ipc.h
index eb274a0bbb3e..405193b7a950 100644
--- a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_ipc.h
+++ b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_ipc.h
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ enum fuse_data_cache_mode {
 };
 
 extern int fuse_data_cache_mode;
-extern int fuse_data_cache_invalidate;
 
 static inline struct fuse_data *
 fuse_get_mpdata(struct mount *mp)
diff --git a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_node.c b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_node.c
index c1e5087c9cda..2c6fe6f86ce6 100644
--- a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_node.c
+++ b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_node.c
@@ -114,13 +114,6 @@ SYSCTL_PROC(_vfs_fusefs, OID_AUTO, data_cache_mode, CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW,
     "Zero: disable caching of FUSE file data; One: write-through caching "
     "(default); Two: write-back caching (generally unsafe)");
 
-int	fuse_data_cache_invalidate = 0;
-
-SYSCTL_INT(_vfs_fusefs, OID_AUTO, data_cache_invalidate, CTLFLAG_RW,
-    &fuse_data_cache_invalidate, 0,
-    "If non-zero, discard cached clean file data when there are no active file"
-    " users");
-
 static int
 sysctl_fuse_cache_mode(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 {
diff --git a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vnops.c b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vnops.c
index 10afbc0f1675..9ac1c2d93860 100644
--- a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vnops.c
@@ -762,8 +762,7 @@ fuse_vnop_inactive(struct vop_inactive_args *ap)
 			if ((VTOFUD(vp)->flag & FN_SIZECHANGE) != 0) {
 				fuse_vnode_savesize(vp, NULL, 0);
 			}
-			if (fuse_data_cache_invalidate ||
-			    (fvdat->flag & FN_REVOKED) != 0)
+			if ((fvdat->flag & FN_REVOKED) != 0)
 				fuse_io_invalbuf(vp, td);
 			else
 				fuse_io_flushbuf(vp, MNT_WAIT, td);