diff --git a/fs/orangefs/file.c b/fs/orangefs/file.c
index a5612abc0936..bcd4fd5ad175 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/file.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/file.c
@@ -311,23 +311,8 @@ static ssize_t orangefs_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
     struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct orangefs_read_options *ro;
-
 	orangefs_stats.reads++;
 
-	/*
-	 * Remember how they set "count" in read(2) or pread(2) or whatever -
-	 * users can use count as a knob to control orangefs io size and later
-	 * we can try to help them fill as many pages as possible in readpage.
-	 */
-	if (!iocb->ki_filp->private_data) {
-		iocb->ki_filp->private_data = kmalloc(sizeof *ro, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!iocb->ki_filp->private_data)
-			return(ENOMEM);
-		ro = iocb->ki_filp->private_data;
-		ro->blksiz = iter->count;
-	}
-
 	down_read(&file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_rwsem);
 	ret = orangefs_revalidate_mapping(file_inode(iocb->ki_filp));
 	if (ret)
@@ -615,12 +600,6 @@ static int orangefs_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int orangefs_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	file->private_data = NULL;
-	return generic_file_open(inode, file);
-}
-
 static int orangefs_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 {
 	/*
@@ -634,9 +613,6 @@ static int orangefs_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int r;
 
-	kfree(file->private_data);
-	file->private_data = NULL;
-
 	if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
@@ -659,7 +635,7 @@ const struct file_operations orangefs_file_operations = {
 	.lock		= orangefs_lock,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= orangefs_ioctl,
 	.mmap		= orangefs_file_mmap,
-	.open		= orangefs_file_open,
+	.open		= generic_file_open,
 	.flush		= orangefs_flush,
 	.release	= orangefs_file_release,
 	.fsync		= orangefs_fsync,
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index efb12197da18..636892ffec0b 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -259,46 +259,19 @@ static int orangefs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 	pgoff_t index; /* which page */
 	struct page *next_page;
 	char *kaddr;
-	struct orangefs_read_options *ro = file->private_data;
 	loff_t read_size;
-	loff_t roundedup;
 	int buffer_index = -1; /* orangefs shared memory slot */
 	int slot_index;   /* index into slot */
 	int remaining;
 
 	/*
-	 * If they set some miniscule size for "count" in read(2)
-	 * (for example) then let's try to read a page, or the whole file
-	 * if it is smaller than a page. Once "count" goes over a page
-	 * then lets round up to the highest page size multiple that is
-	 * less than or equal to "count" and do that much orangefs IO and
-	 * try to fill as many pages as we can from it.
-	 *
-	 * "count" should be represented in ro->blksiz.
-	 *
-	 * inode->i_size = file size.
+	 * Get up to this many bytes from Orangefs at a time and try
+	 * to fill them into the page cache at once. Tests with dd made
+	 * this seem like a reasonable static number, if there was
+	 * interest perhaps this number could be made setable through
+	 * sysfs...
 	 */
-	if (ro) {
-		if (ro->blksiz < PAGE_SIZE) {
-			if (inode->i_size < PAGE_SIZE)
-				read_size = inode->i_size;
-			else
-				read_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-		} else {
-			roundedup = ((PAGE_SIZE - 1) & ro->blksiz) ?
-				((ro->blksiz + PAGE_SIZE) & ~(PAGE_SIZE -1)) :
-				ro->blksiz;
-			if (roundedup > inode->i_size)
-				read_size = inode->i_size;
-			else
-				read_size = roundedup;
-
-		}
-	} else {
-		read_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-	}
-	if (!read_size)
-		read_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+	read_size = 524288;
 
 	if (PageDirty(page))
 		orangefs_launder_page(page);
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
index 34a6c99fa29b..3003007681a0 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ struct orangefs_write_range {
 	kgid_t gid;
 };
 
-struct orangefs_read_options {
-	ssize_t blksiz;
-};
-
 extern struct orangefs_stats orangefs_stats;
 
 /*