diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c
index b732f532679..2999d211916 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistxlog.c
@@ -125,26 +125,6 @@ gistRedoPageUpdateRecord(XLogRecPtr lsn, XLogRecord *record)
 				off++;
 			}
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			/*
-			 * special case: leafpage, nothing to insert, nothing to delete,
-			 * then vacuum marks page
-			 */
-			if (GistPageIsLeaf(page) && xldata->ntodelete == 0)
-				GistClearTuplesDeleted(page);
-		}
-
-		if (!GistPageIsLeaf(page) &&
-			PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page) == InvalidOffsetNumber &&
-			xldata->blkno == GIST_ROOT_BLKNO)
-		{
-			/*
-			 * all links on non-leaf root page was deleted by vacuum full, so
-			 * root page becomes a leaf
-			 */
-			GistPageSetLeaf(page);
-		}
 
 		PageSetLSN(page, lsn);
 		MarkBufferDirty(buffer);
diff --git a/src/include/access/gist.h b/src/include/access/gist.h
index ef5aed4d3e2..39394dfb3df 100644
--- a/src/include/access/gist.h
+++ b/src/include/access/gist.h
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ typedef struct GISTENTRY
 
 #define GistPageIsLeaf(page)	( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags & F_LEAF)
 #define GIST_LEAF(entry) (GistPageIsLeaf((entry)->page))
-#define GistPageSetLeaf(page)	( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags |= F_LEAF)
-#define GistPageSetNonLeaf(page)	( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags &= ~F_LEAF)
 
 #define GistPageIsDeleted(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags & F_DELETED)
 #define GistPageSetDeleted(page)	( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags |= F_DELETED)