diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
index f56cf6c4a..b9301df0f 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@
  */
 #define SPDK_ISCSI_MAX_RECV_DATA_SEGMENT_LENGTH  65536
 
-/*
- * SPDK iSCSI target will only send a maximum of SPDK_BDEV_LARGE_BUF_MAX_SIZE data segments, even if the
- * connection can support more.
- */
-#define SPDK_ISCSI_MAX_SEND_DATA_SEGMENT_LENGTH SPDK_BDEV_LARGE_BUF_MAX_SIZE
-
 /*
  * Defines maximum number of data out buffers each connection can have in
  *  use at any given time.
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/param.c b/lib/iscsi/param.c
index 7c67d2c2e..b90cf879c 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/param.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/param.c
@@ -1128,8 +1128,8 @@ spdk_iscsi_copy_param2var(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
 	SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_ISCSI,
 		      "copy MaxRecvDataSegmentLength=%s\n", val);
 	conn->MaxRecvDataSegmentLength = (int)strtol(val, NULL, 10);
-	if (conn->MaxRecvDataSegmentLength > SPDK_ISCSI_MAX_SEND_DATA_SEGMENT_LENGTH) {
-		conn->MaxRecvDataSegmentLength = SPDK_ISCSI_MAX_SEND_DATA_SEGMENT_LENGTH;
+	if (conn->MaxRecvDataSegmentLength > SPDK_BDEV_LARGE_BUF_MAX_SIZE) {
+		conn->MaxRecvDataSegmentLength = SPDK_BDEV_LARGE_BUF_MAX_SIZE;
 	}
 
 	val = spdk_iscsi_param_get_val(conn->params, "HeaderDigest");