diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c
index 9f3b98c216..7355ea2637 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static const struct nvme_quirk nvme_quirks[] = {
 		NVME_INTEL_QUIRK_READ_LATENCY |
 		NVME_INTEL_QUIRK_WRITE_LATENCY |
 		NVME_INTEL_QUIRK_STRIPING |
-		NVME_QUIRK_READ_ZERO_AFTER_DEALLOCATE |
 		NVME_QUIRK_MINIMUM_IO_QUEUE_SIZE |
 		NVME_QUIRK_NO_SGL_FOR_DSM
 	},