diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c b/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c
index acb634b3480b..d2b1296c4c49 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ int bch2_data_update_index_update(struct bch_write_op *op)
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct data_update *m =
 		container_of(op, struct data_update, op);
-	struct open_bucket *ec_ob = ec_open_bucket(c, &op->open_buckets);
 	struct keylist *keys = &op->insert_keys;
 	struct bkey_buf _new, _insert;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -242,9 +241,6 @@ int bch2_data_update_index_update(struct bch_write_op *op)
 		if (!ret) {
 			bch2_btree_iter_set_pos(&iter, next_pos);
 
-			if (ec_ob)
-				bch2_ob_add_backpointer(c, ec_ob, &insert->k);
-
 			this_cpu_add(c->counters[BCH_COUNTER_move_extent_finish], new->k.size);
 			trace_move_extent_finish(&new->k);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/ec.c b/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
index 68f5314b51e6..c7ac2894db2e 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
@@ -1035,8 +1035,6 @@ err:
 			}
 		}
 
-	bch2_keylist_free(&s->keys, s->inline_keys);
-
 	ec_stripe_buf_exit(&s->existing_stripe);
 	ec_stripe_buf_exit(&s->new_stripe);
 	closure_debug_destroy(&s->iodone);
@@ -1119,30 +1117,6 @@ void *bch2_writepoint_ec_buf(struct bch_fs *c, struct write_point *wp)
 	return ob->ec->new_stripe.data[ob->ec_idx] + (offset << 9);
 }
 
-void bch2_ob_add_backpointer(struct bch_fs *c, struct open_bucket *ob,
-			     struct bkey *k)
-{
-	struct ec_stripe_new *ec = ob->ec;
-
-	if (!ec)
-		return;
-
-	mutex_lock(&ec->lock);
-
-	if (bch2_keylist_realloc(&ec->keys, ec->inline_keys,
-				 ARRAY_SIZE(ec->inline_keys),
-				 BKEY_U64s)) {
-		BUG();
-	}
-
-	bkey_init(&ec->keys.top->k);
-	ec->keys.top->k.p	= k->p;
-	ec->keys.top->k.size	= k->size;
-	bch2_keylist_push(&ec->keys);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&ec->lock);
-}
-
 static int unsigned_cmp(const void *_l, const void *_r)
 {
 	unsigned l = *((const unsigned *) _l);
@@ -1235,8 +1209,6 @@ static int ec_new_stripe_alloc(struct bch_fs *c, struct ec_stripe_head *h)
 				BCH_BKEY_PTRS_MAX) - h->redundancy;
 	s->nr_parity	= h->redundancy;
 
-	bch2_keylist_init(&s->keys, s->inline_keys);
-
 	ec_stripe_key_init(c, &s->new_stripe.key, s->nr_data,
 			   s->nr_parity, h->blocksize);
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/ec.h b/fs/bcachefs/ec.h
index 4d4e3756dd59..5587c9467fb5 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/ec.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/ec.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "ec_types.h"
 #include "buckets_types.h"
 #include "extents_types.h"
-#include "keylist_types.h"
 
 int bch2_stripe_invalid(const struct bch_fs *, struct bkey_s_c,
 			int rw, struct printbuf *);
@@ -167,9 +166,6 @@ struct ec_stripe_new {
 	open_bucket_idx_t	blocks[BCH_BKEY_PTRS_MAX];
 	struct disk_reservation	res;
 
-	struct keylist		keys;
-	u64			inline_keys[BKEY_U64s * 8];
-
 	struct ec_stripe_buf	new_stripe;
 	struct ec_stripe_buf	existing_stripe;
 };
@@ -197,8 +193,6 @@ struct ec_stripe_head {
 int bch2_ec_read_extent(struct bch_fs *, struct bch_read_bio *);
 
 void *bch2_writepoint_ec_buf(struct bch_fs *, struct write_point *);
-void bch2_ob_add_backpointer(struct bch_fs *, struct open_bucket *,
-			     struct bkey *);
 
 void bch2_ec_bucket_written(struct bch_fs *, struct open_bucket *);
 void bch2_ec_bucket_cancel(struct bch_fs *, struct open_bucket *);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/io.c b/fs/bcachefs/io.c
index b57187ce1f65..a937940f5096 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/io.c
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ static int bch2_write_index_default(struct bch_write_op *op)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = op->c;
 	struct bkey_buf sk;
-	struct open_bucket *ec_ob = ec_open_bucket(c, &op->open_buckets);
 	struct keylist *keys = &op->insert_keys;
 	struct bkey_i *k = bch2_keylist_front(keys);
 	struct btree_trans trans;
@@ -516,9 +515,6 @@ static int bch2_write_index_default(struct bch_write_op *op)
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 
-		if (ec_ob)
-			bch2_ob_add_backpointer(c, ec_ob, &sk.k->k);
-
 		if (bkey_ge(iter.pos, k->k.p))
 			bch2_keylist_pop_front(&op->insert_keys);
 		else