diff --git a/include/spdk/blob.h b/include/spdk/blob.h
index f24851279..4a5d59c2d 100644
--- a/include/spdk/blob.h
+++ b/include/spdk/blob.h
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ struct spdk_io_channel *spdk_bs_alloc_io_channel(struct spdk_blob_store *bs);
 
 void spdk_bs_free_io_channel(struct spdk_io_channel *channel);
 
-/* Force all previously completed operations on this channel to be persistent. */
-void spdk_bs_io_flush_channel(struct spdk_io_channel *channel,
-			      spdk_blob_op_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
-
 /* Write data to a blob. Offset is in pages from the beginning of the blob. */
 void spdk_bs_io_write_blob(struct spdk_blob *blob, struct spdk_io_channel *channel,
 			   void *payload, uint64_t offset, uint64_t length,
diff --git a/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c b/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c
index e5dafb5b3..ad82c51bb 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c
@@ -494,7 +494,6 @@ vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(void *ctx, enum spdk_bdev_io_type io_type)
 	switch (io_type) {
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_READ:
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE:
-	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_FLUSH:
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_RESET:
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_UNMAP:
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE_ZEROES:
@@ -595,16 +594,6 @@ lvol_write(struct spdk_lvol *lvol, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_bdev_
 			       num_pages, lvol_op_comp, task);
 }
 
-static void
-lvol_flush(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io)
-{
-	struct lvol_task *task = (struct lvol_task *)bdev_io->driver_ctx;
-
-	task->status = SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_SUCCESS;
-
-	spdk_bs_io_flush_channel(ch, lvol_op_comp, task);
-}
-
 static int
 lvol_reset(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io)
 {
@@ -631,9 +620,6 @@ vbdev_lvol_submit_request(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_RESET:
 		lvol_reset(bdev_io);
 		break;
-	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_FLUSH:
-		lvol_flush(ch, bdev_io);
-		break;
 	case SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_UNMAP:
 		lvol_unmap(lvol, ch, bdev_io);
 		break;
@@ -687,7 +673,6 @@ _create_lvol_disk(struct spdk_lvol *lvol)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	bdev->product_name = "Logical Volume";
-	bdev->write_cache = 1;
 	bdev->blocklen = spdk_bs_get_page_size(lvol->lvol_store->blobstore);
 	total_size = lvol->num_clusters * spdk_bs_get_cluster_size(lvol->lvol_store->blobstore);
 	assert((total_size % bdev->blocklen) == 0);
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index c24f17acc..ee8689fb1 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -2917,13 +2917,6 @@ void spdk_bs_free_io_channel(struct spdk_io_channel *channel)
 	spdk_put_io_channel(channel);
 }
 
-void spdk_bs_io_flush_channel(struct spdk_io_channel *channel,
-			      spdk_blob_op_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
-{
-	/* Flush is synchronous right now */
-	cb_fn(cb_arg, 0);
-}
-
 void spdk_bs_io_unmap_blob(struct spdk_blob *blob, struct spdk_io_channel *channel,
 			   uint64_t offset, uint64_t length, spdk_blob_op_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 {
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/vbdev_lvol.c/vbdev_lvol_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/vbdev_lvol.c/vbdev_lvol_ut.c
index d1fb032fa..5b9f7e072 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/vbdev_lvol.c/vbdev_lvol_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/vbdev_lvol.c/vbdev_lvol_ut.c
@@ -386,11 +386,6 @@ spdk_bs_io_readv_blob(struct spdk_blob *blob, struct spdk_io_channel *channel,
 	CU_ASSERT(length == g_io->u.bdev.num_blocks);
 }
 
-void
-spdk_bs_io_flush_channel(struct spdk_io_channel *channel, spdk_blob_op_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
-{
-}
-
 void
 spdk_bdev_module_list_add(struct spdk_bdev_module_if *bdev_module)
 {
@@ -855,8 +850,6 @@ ut_vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(void)
 	CU_ASSERT(ret == true);
 	ret = vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(lvol, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_WRITE);
 	CU_ASSERT(ret == true);
-	ret = vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(lvol, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_FLUSH);
-	CU_ASSERT(ret == true);
 	ret = vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(lvol, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_RESET);
 	CU_ASSERT(ret == true);
 	ret = vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(lvol, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_UNMAP);
@@ -865,6 +858,8 @@ ut_vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(void)
 	CU_ASSERT(ret == true);
 
 	/* Unsupported types */
+	ret = vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(lvol, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_FLUSH);
+	CU_ASSERT(ret == false);
 	ret = vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(lvol, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_ADMIN);
 	CU_ASSERT(ret == false);
 	ret = vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported(lvol, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_NVME_IO);
@@ -880,30 +875,6 @@ ut_lvol_op_comp(void)
 	CU_ASSERT(task.status == SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_FAILED);
 }
 
-static void
-ut_lvol_flush(void)
-{
-	g_io = calloc(1, sizeof(struct spdk_bdev_io) + sizeof(struct lvol_task));
-	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(g_io != NULL);
-	g_base_bdev = calloc(1, sizeof(struct spdk_bdev));
-	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(g_base_bdev != NULL);
-	g_lvol = calloc(1, sizeof(struct spdk_lvol));
-	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(g_lvol != NULL);
-
-	g_task = (struct lvol_task *)g_io->driver_ctx;
-	g_io->bdev = g_base_bdev;
-	g_io->bdev->ctxt = g_lvol;
-
-	/* Successful flush to lvol */
-	lvol_flush(g_ch, g_io);
-
-	CU_ASSERT(g_task->status == SPDK_BDEV_IO_STATUS_SUCCESS);
-
-	free(g_io);
-	free(g_base_bdev);
-	free(g_lvol);
-}
-
 static void
 ut_lvol_read_write(void)
 {
@@ -974,7 +945,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		CU_add_test(suite, "ut_vbdev_lvol_get_io_channel", ut_vbdev_lvol_get_io_channel) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "ut_vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported", ut_vbdev_lvol_io_type_supported) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "ut_lvol_op_comp", ut_lvol_op_comp) == NULL ||
-		CU_add_test(suite, "ut_lvol_flush", ut_lvol_flush) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "ut_lvol_read_write", ut_lvol_read_write) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "ut_vbdev_lvol_submit_request", ut_vbdev_lvol_submit_request) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "lvol_examine", ut_lvol_examine) == NULL