diff --git a/nomt/src/io/linux.rs b/nomt/src/io/linux.rs
index b8c48fc9..c338a419 100644
--- a/nomt/src/io/linux.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/io/linux.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use slab::Slab;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use threadpool::ThreadPool;
 
-const RING_CAPACITY: u32 = 128;
+const RING_CAPACITY: u32 = 1024;
 
 // max number of inflight requests is bounded by the slab.
 const MAX_IN_FLIGHT: usize = RING_CAPACITY as usize;
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ pub fn start_io_worker(
     page_pool: PagePool,
     io_workers_tp: &ThreadPool,
     io_workers: usize,
-    iopoll: bool,
 ) -> Sender<IoPacket> {
     // main bound is from the pending slab.
     let (command_tx, command_rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
 
-    start_workers(page_pool, io_workers_tp, command_rx, io_workers, iopoll);
+    start_workers(page_pool, io_workers_tp, command_rx, io_workers);
 
     command_tx
 }
@@ -34,25 +33,20 @@ fn start_workers(
     io_workers_tp: &ThreadPool,
     command_rx: Receiver<IoPacket>,
     io_workers: usize,
-    iopoll: bool,
 ) {
     for _ in 0..io_workers {
         io_workers_tp.execute({
             let page_pool = page_pool.clone();
             let command_rx = command_rx.clone();
-            move || run_worker(page_pool, command_rx, iopoll)
+            move || run_worker(page_pool, command_rx)
         });
     }
 }
 
-fn run_worker(page_pool: PagePool, command_rx: Receiver<IoPacket>, iopoll: bool) {
+fn run_worker(page_pool: PagePool, command_rx: Receiver<IoPacket>) {
     let mut pending: Slab<PendingIo> = Slab::with_capacity(MAX_IN_FLIGHT);
 
-    let mut ring_builder = IoUring::<squeue::Entry, cqueue::Entry>::builder();
-    if iopoll {
-        ring_builder.setup_iopoll();
-    }
-    let mut ring = ring_builder
+    let mut ring = IoUring::<squeue::Entry, cqueue::Entry>::builder()
         .build(RING_CAPACITY)
         .expect("Error building io_uring");
 
diff --git a/nomt/src/io/mod.rs b/nomt/src/io/mod.rs
index ca532f6a..335526a9 100644
--- a/nomt/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ struct IoPacket {
 
 /// Create an I/O worker managing an io_uring and sending responses back via channels to a number
 /// of handles.
-pub fn start_io_pool(io_workers: usize, iopoll: bool, page_pool: PagePool) -> IoPool {
+pub fn start_io_pool(io_workers: usize, page_pool: PagePool) -> IoPool {
     let io_workers_tp = ThreadPool::with_name("io-worker".to_string(), io_workers);
-    let sender = platform::start_io_worker(page_pool.clone(), &io_workers_tp, io_workers, iopoll);
+    let sender = platform::start_io_worker(page_pool.clone(), &io_workers_tp, io_workers);
     let sender = Some(Arc::new(sender));
     IoPool {
         sender,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub fn start_io_pool(io_workers: usize, iopoll: bool, page_pool: PagePool) -> Io
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub fn start_test_io_pool(io_workers: usize, page_pool: PagePool) -> IoPool {
-    start_io_pool(io_workers, false, page_pool)
+    start_io_pool(io_workers, page_pool)
 }
 
 /// A manager for the broader I/O pool. This can be used to create new I/O handles.
diff --git a/nomt/src/io/unix.rs b/nomt/src/io/unix.rs
index 061104a4..9e713e7e 100644
--- a/nomt/src/io/unix.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/io/unix.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ pub fn start_io_worker(
     page_pool: PagePool,
     io_workers_tp: &ThreadPool,
     io_workers: usize,
-    _iopoll: bool,
 ) -> Sender<IoPacket> {
     let (command_tx, command_rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
 
diff --git a/nomt/src/store/mod.rs b/nomt/src/store/mod.rs
index dc2975a6..0da2204b 100644
--- a/nomt/src/store/mod.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/store/mod.rs
@@ -70,26 +70,20 @@ impl Store {
 
         cfg_if::cfg_if! {
             if #[cfg(target_os = "linux")] {
-                // iopoll does not play nice with FUSE and tmpfs. A symptom is ENOSUPP.
                 // O_DIRECT is not supported on tmpfs.
-                let iopoll: bool;
                 let o_direct: bool;
                 match crate::sys::linux::fs_check(&db_dir_fd) {
                     Ok(fsck) => {
-                        iopoll = !(fsck.is_fuse() || fsck.is_tmpfs());
                         o_direct = !fsck.is_tmpfs();
                     },
                     Err(_) => {
-                        iopoll = false;
                         o_direct = false;
                     },
                 }
-            } else {
-                let iopoll = true;
             }
         }
 
-        let io_pool = io::start_io_pool(o.io_workers, iopoll, page_pool.clone());
+        let io_pool = io::start_io_pool(o.io_workers, page_pool.clone());
 
         let meta_fd = {
             let mut options = OpenOptions::new();
diff --git a/nomt/src/sys/linux.rs b/nomt/src/sys/linux.rs
index c5eb5408..89622437 100644
--- a/nomt/src/sys/linux.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/sys/linux.rs
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ impl FsCheck {
     pub fn is_tmpfs(&self) -> bool {
         self.stat.f_type == libc::TMPFS_MAGIC
     }
-
-    /// Returns true if the filesystem is backed by FUSE.
-    pub fn is_fuse(&self) -> bool {
-        self.stat.f_type == libc::FUSE_SUPER_MAGIC
-    }
 }
 
 /// fallocate changes the size of the file to the given length if it's less than the current size.