diff --git a/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/configure.rpm b/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/configure.rpm
index c36d4bdf285..a2d35ea01d6 100755
--- a/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/configure.rpm
+++ b/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/configure.rpm
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ CC="$CC" CFLAGS="-Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -O3" ./configure -C \
 	--with-ctdb=/usr/include \
 	--without-ldb \
 	--without-dnsupdate \
-	--with-aio-support \
 	--disable-external-libtalloc \
 	--disable-external-libtdb \
 	$*
diff --git a/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/samba.spec.tmpl b/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/samba.spec.tmpl
index 0d8b5a6f474..6380158bec8 100644
--- a/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/samba.spec.tmpl
+++ b/packaging/RHEL-CTDB/samba.spec.tmpl
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS $EXTRA -D_GNU_SOURCE" ./configure \
 	--with-ctdb=/usr/include \
 	--without-ldb \
 	--without-dnsupdate \
-	--with-aio-support \
 	--disable-external-libtalloc \
 	--disable-external-libtdb
 
@@ -428,7 +427,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_libarchdir}/samba/vfs/tsmsm.so
 %endif
 %{_libarchdir}/samba/vfs/xattr_tdb.so
-%{_libarchdir}/samba/vfs/aio_posix.so
 %{_libarchdir}/samba/vfs/aio_pthread.so
 %{_libarchdir}/samba/vfs/media_harmony.so
 
diff --git a/source3/modules/vfs_aio_posix.c b/source3/modules/vfs_aio_posix.c
deleted file mode 100644
index bca69b4d441..00000000000
--- a/source3/modules/vfs_aio_posix.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,301 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Simulate pread_send/recv and pwrite_send/recv using posix aio
- *
- * Copyright (C) Volker Lendecke 2012
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
-
-#include "includes.h"
-#include "system/filesys.h"
-#include "system/shmem.h"
-#include "smbd/smbd.h"
-#include "smbd/globals.h"
-#include "lib/util/tevent_unix.h"
-#include "lib/util/sys_rw.h"
-#include <aio.h>
-
-/* The signal we'll use to signify aio done. */
-#ifndef RT_SIGNAL_AIO
-#define RT_SIGNAL_AIO	(SIGRTMIN+3)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_SIGEVENT_SIGEV_VALUE_SIVAL_PTR
-#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_SIGEVENT_SIGEV_VALUE_SIGVAL_PTR
-#define sival_int	sigval_int
-#define sival_ptr	sigval_ptr
-#endif
-#endif
-
-static struct tevent_signal *aio_signal_event = NULL;
-
-struct aio_posix_state {
-	struct aiocb acb;
-	ssize_t ret;
-	int err;
-};
-
-static int aio_posix_state_destructor(struct aio_posix_state *s)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * We could do better here. This destructor is run when a
-	 * request is prematurely cancelled. We wait for the aio to
-	 * complete, so that we do not have to maintain aiocb structs
-	 * beyond the life of an aio_posix_state. Possible, but not
-	 * sure the effort is worth it right now.
-	 */
-
-	do {
-		const struct aiocb *a = &s->acb;
-		ret = aio_suspend(&a, 1, NULL);
-	} while ((ret == -1) && (errno == EINTR));
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct tevent_req *aio_posix_pread_send(
-	struct vfs_handle_struct *handle,
-	TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct tevent_context *ev,
-	struct files_struct *fsp, void *data, size_t n, off_t offset)
-{
-	struct tevent_req *req;
-	struct aio_posix_state *state;
-	struct aiocb *a;
-	int ret;
-
-	req = tevent_req_create(mem_ctx, &state, struct aio_posix_state);
-	if (req == NULL) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	a = &state->acb;
-
-	a->aio_fildes = fsp->fh->fd;
-	a->aio_buf = data;
-	a->aio_nbytes = n;
-	a->aio_offset = offset;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_signo  = RT_SIGNAL_AIO;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_value.sival_ptr = req;
-
-	ret = aio_read(a);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		talloc_set_destructor(state, aio_posix_state_destructor);
-		return req;
-	}
-
-	if (errno == EAGAIN) {
-		/*
-		 * aio overloaded, do the sync fallback
-		 */
-		state->ret = sys_pread(fsp->fh->fd, data, n, offset);
-		if (state->ret == -1) {
-			state->err = errno;
-		}
-		tevent_req_done(req);
-		return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
-	}
-
-	tevent_req_error(req, errno);
-	return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
-}
-
-static struct tevent_req *aio_posix_pwrite_send(
-	struct vfs_handle_struct *handle,
-	TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct tevent_context *ev,
-	struct files_struct *fsp, const void *data, size_t n, off_t offset)
-{
-	struct tevent_req *req;
-	struct aio_posix_state *state;
-	struct aiocb *a;
-	int ret;
-
-	req = tevent_req_create(mem_ctx, &state, struct aio_posix_state);
-	if (req == NULL) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	a = &state->acb;
-
-	a->aio_fildes = fsp->fh->fd;
-	a->aio_buf = discard_const(data);
-	a->aio_nbytes = n;
-	a->aio_offset = offset;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_signo  = RT_SIGNAL_AIO;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_value.sival_ptr = req;
-
-	ret = aio_write(a);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		talloc_set_destructor(state, aio_posix_state_destructor);
-		return req;
-	}
-
-	if (errno == EAGAIN) {
-		/*
-		 * aio overloaded, do the sync fallback
-		 */
-		state->ret = sys_pwrite(fsp->fh->fd, data, n, offset);
-		if (state->ret == -1) {
-			state->err = errno;
-		}
-		tevent_req_done(req);
-		return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
-	}
-
-	tevent_req_error(req, errno);
-	return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
-}
-
-static void aio_posix_signal_handler(struct tevent_context *ev,
-				     struct tevent_signal *se,
-				     int signum, int count,
-				     void *_info, void *private_data)
-{
-	siginfo_t *info;
-	struct tevent_req *req;
-	struct aio_posix_state *state;
-	int err;
-
-	info = (siginfo_t *)_info;
-	req = talloc_get_type_abort(info->si_value.sival_ptr,
-				    struct tevent_req);
-	state = tevent_req_data(req, struct aio_posix_state);
-
-	err = aio_error(&state->acb);
-	if (err == EINPROGRESS) {
-		DEBUG(10, ("aio_posix_signal_handler: operation req %p "
-			   "still in progress\n", req));
-		return;
-	}
-	if (err == ECANCELED) {
-		DEBUG(10, ("aio_posix_signal_handler: operation req %p "
-			   "canceled\n", req));
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * No need to suspend for this in the destructor anymore
-	 */
-	talloc_set_destructor(state, NULL);
-
-	state->ret = aio_return(&state->acb);
-	state->err = err;
-	tevent_req_done(req);
-}
-
-static ssize_t aio_posix_recv(struct tevent_req *req, int *err)
-{
-	struct aio_posix_state *state = tevent_req_data(
-		req, struct aio_posix_state);
-
-	if (tevent_req_is_unix_error(req, err)) {
-		return -1;
-	}
-	*err = state->err;
-	return state->ret;
-}
-
-static struct tevent_req *aio_posix_fsync_send(
-	struct vfs_handle_struct *handle, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
-	struct tevent_context *ev, struct files_struct *fsp)
-{
-	struct tevent_req *req;
-	struct aio_posix_state *state;
-	struct aiocb *a;
-	int ret;
-
-	req = tevent_req_create(mem_ctx, &state, struct aio_posix_state);
-	if (req == NULL) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	a = &state->acb;
-
-	a->aio_fildes = fsp->fh->fd;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_signo  = RT_SIGNAL_AIO;
-	a->aio_sigevent.sigev_value.sival_ptr = req;
-
-	ret = aio_fsync(O_SYNC, a);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		talloc_set_destructor(state, aio_posix_state_destructor);
-		return req;
-	}
-
-	if (errno == EAGAIN) {
-		/*
-		 * aio overloaded, do the sync fallback
-		 */
-		state->ret = fsync(fsp->fh->fd);
-		if (state->ret == -1) {
-			state->err = errno;
-		}
-		tevent_req_done(req);
-		return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
-	}
-
-	tevent_req_error(req, errno);
-	return tevent_req_post(req, ev);
-}
-
-static int aio_posix_int_recv(struct tevent_req *req, int *err)
-{
-	struct aio_posix_state *state = tevent_req_data(
-		req, struct aio_posix_state);
-
-	if (tevent_req_is_unix_error(req, err)) {
-		return -1;
-	}
-	*err = state->err;
-	return state->ret;
-}
-
-static int aio_posix_connect(vfs_handle_struct *handle, const char *service,
-			     const char *user)
-{
-	if (aio_signal_event == NULL) {
-		struct tevent_context *ev = handle->conn->sconn->ev_ctx;
-
-		aio_signal_event = tevent_add_signal(
-			ev, ev, RT_SIGNAL_AIO, SA_SIGINFO,
-			aio_posix_signal_handler, NULL);
-
-		if (aio_signal_event == NULL) {
-			DEBUG(1, ("tevent_add_signal failed\n"));
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-	return SMB_VFS_NEXT_CONNECT(handle, service, user);
-}
-
-static struct vfs_fn_pointers vfs_aio_posix_fns = {
-	.connect_fn = aio_posix_connect,
-	.pread_send_fn = aio_posix_pread_send,
-	.pread_recv_fn = aio_posix_recv,
-	.pwrite_send_fn = aio_posix_pwrite_send,
-	.pwrite_recv_fn = aio_posix_recv,
-	.fsync_send_fn = aio_posix_fsync_send,
-	.fsync_recv_fn = aio_posix_int_recv,
-};
-
-NTSTATUS vfs_aio_posix_init(void);
-NTSTATUS vfs_aio_posix_init(void)
-{
-	return smb_register_vfs(SMB_VFS_INTERFACE_VERSION,
-				"aio_posix", &vfs_aio_posix_fns);
-}
diff --git a/source3/modules/wscript_build b/source3/modules/wscript_build
index 635b780cb9f..4dc66530373 100644
--- a/source3/modules/wscript_build
+++ b/source3/modules/wscript_build
@@ -321,14 +321,6 @@ bld.SAMBA3_MODULE('vfs_aio_pthread',
                  internal_module=bld.SAMBA3_IS_STATIC_MODULE('vfs_aio_pthread'),
                  enabled=bld.SAMBA3_IS_ENABLED_MODULE('vfs_aio_pthread'))
 
-bld.SAMBA3_MODULE('vfs_aio_posix',
-                 subsystem='vfs',
-                 source='vfs_aio_posix.c',
-                 deps='samba-util tevent',
-                 init_function='',
-                 internal_module=bld.SAMBA3_IS_STATIC_MODULE('vfs_aio_posix'),
-                 enabled=bld.SAMBA3_IS_ENABLED_MODULE('vfs_aio_posix'))
-
 bld.SAMBA3_MODULE('vfs_aio_linux',
                  subsystem='vfs',
                  source='vfs_aio_linux.c',
diff --git a/source3/wscript b/source3/wscript
index 82cb8582bd9..990afcdfa01 100644
--- a/source3/wscript
+++ b/source3/wscript
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def set_options(opt):
     opt.SAMBA3_ADD_OPTION('dnsupdate')
     opt.SAMBA3_ADD_OPTION('syslog')
     opt.SAMBA3_ADD_OPTION('automount')
-    opt.SAMBA3_ADD_OPTION('aio-support')
     opt.SAMBA3_ADD_OPTION('dmapi', default=None) # None means autodetection
     opt.SAMBA3_ADD_OPTION('fam', default=None) # None means autodetection
     opt.SAMBA3_ADD_OPTION('profiling-data', default=False)
@@ -547,27 +546,6 @@ return acl_get_perm_np(permset_d, perm);
 		msg='Checking for openat',
 		headers='fcntl.h')
 
-    if Options.options.with_aio_support:
-        conf.CHECK_FUNCS_IN('aio_read', 'aio')
-        conf.CHECK_FUNCS_IN('aio_read', 'rt')
-        conf.CHECK_CODE('struct aiocb a; return aio_read(&a);',
-                        'HAVE_AIO',
-                        msg='Checking for asynchronous io support',
-                        headers='sys/types.h aio.h',
-                        lib='aio rt')
-        if conf.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_AIO'):
-            conf.CHECK_CODE('struct aiocb a; return aio_read(&a);', 'HAVE_AIO_READ', msg='Checking for aio_read', headers='aio.h', lib='aio rt')
-            conf.CHECK_CODE('struct aiocb a; return aio_write(&a);', 'HAVE_AIO_WRITE', msg='Checking for aio_write', headers='aio.h', lib='aio rt')
-            conf.CHECK_CODE('struct aiocb a; return aio_fsync(1, &a);', 'HAVE_AIO_FSYNC', msg='Checking for aio_fsync', headers='aio.h', lib='aio rt')
-            conf.CHECK_CODE('struct aiocb a; return aio_return(&a);', 'HAVE_AIO_RETURN', msg='Checking for aio_return', headers='aio.h', lib='aio rt')
-            conf.CHECK_CODE('struct aiocb a; return aio_error(&a);', 'HAVE_AIO_ERROR', msg='Checking for aio_error', headers='aio.h', lib='aio rt')
-            conf.CHECK_CODE('struct aiocb a; return aio_cancel(1, &a);', 'HAVE_AIO_CANCEL', msg='Checking for aio_cancel', headers='aio.h', lib='aio rt')
-            conf.CHECK_CODE('const struct aiocb * const a[1]; struct timespec t; return aio_suspend(a, 1, &t);', 'HAVE_AIO_SUSPEND', msg='Checking for aio_suspend', headers='aio.h', lib='aio rt')
-        if not conf.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_AIO'):
-            conf.DEFINE('HAVE_NO_AIO', '1')
-    else:
-        conf.DEFINE('HAVE_NO_AIO', '1')
-
     if host_os.rfind('linux') > -1:
 	conf.CHECK_FUNCS_IN('io_submit', 'aio')
 	conf.CHECK_CODE('''
@@ -1633,9 +1611,6 @@ main() {
     if Options.options.with_pthreadpool:
         default_shared_modules.extend(TO_LIST('vfs_aio_pthread'))
 
-    if conf.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_AIO'):
-        default_shared_modules.extend(TO_LIST('vfs_aio_posix'))
-
     if conf.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_LINUX_KERNEL_AIO'):
         default_shared_modules.extend(TO_LIST('vfs_aio_linux'))