diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 64d7660b38b..3902c583134 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -2115,7 +2115,6 @@ XLogBackgroundFlush(void)
 {
 	XLogRecPtr	WriteRqstPtr;
 	bool		flexible = true;
-	bool		wrote_something = false;
 
 	/* XLOG doesn't need flushing during recovery */
 	if (RecoveryInProgress())
@@ -2184,18 +2183,10 @@ XLogBackgroundFlush(void)
 		WriteRqst.Write = WriteRqstPtr;
 		WriteRqst.Flush = WriteRqstPtr;
 		XLogWrite(WriteRqst, flexible, false);
-		wrote_something = true;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(WALWriteLock);
 
 	END_CRIT_SECTION();
-
-	/*
-	 * If we wrote something then we have something to send to standbys also,
-	 * otherwise the replication delay become around 7s with just async commit.
-	 */
-	if (wrote_something)
-		WalSndWakeup();
 }
 
 /*