diff --git a/cmd/crio/main.go b/cmd/crio/main.go
index 8e8ef55737b..9f1d4654eb0 100644
--- a/cmd/crio/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crio/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	_ "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/hooks/0.1.0"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/criocli"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/log"
@@ -110,9 +109,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	klog.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
 
-	// This must be done before reexec.Init()
-	ioutils.SetDefaultOptions(ioutils.AtomicFileWriterOptions{NoSync: true})
-
 	if reexec.Init() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unable to initialize container storage\n")
 		os.Exit(-1)