diff --git a/source3/modules/vfs_fruit.c b/source3/modules/vfs_fruit.c
index 08747dc3cee..360070db8c2 100644
--- a/source3/modules/vfs_fruit.c
+++ b/source3/modules/vfs_fruit.c
@@ -5402,16 +5402,7 @@ static NTSTATUS fruit_streaminfo_meta_stream(
 {
 	struct stream_struct *stream = *pstreams;
 	unsigned int num_streams = *pnum_streams;
-	struct smb_filename *sname = NULL;
-	char *full_name = NULL;
-	uint32_t name_hash;
-	struct share_mode_lock *lck = NULL;
-	struct file_id id = {0};
-	bool delete_on_close_set;
 	int i;
-	int ret;
-	NTSTATUS status;
-	bool ok;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_streams; i++) {
 		if (strequal_m(stream[i].name, AFPINFO_STREAM)) {
@@ -5435,70 +5426,8 @@ static NTSTATUS fruit_streaminfo_meta_stream(
 						  stream[i].size);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Now check if there's a delete-on-close pending on the stream. If so,
-	 * hide the stream. This behaviour was verified against a macOS 10.12
-	 * SMB server.
-	 */
 
-	sname = synthetic_smb_fname(talloc_tos(),
-				    smb_fname->base_name,
-				    AFPINFO_STREAM_NAME,
-				    NULL, 0);
-	if (sname == NULL) {
-		status = NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	ret = fruit_stat_base(handle, sname, false);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		status = map_nt_error_from_unix(errno);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	sname->st.st_ex_ino = fruit_inode(&sname->st, AFPINFO_STREAM);
-
-	id = SMB_VFS_NEXT_FILE_ID_CREATE(handle, &sname->st);
-
-	lck = get_existing_share_mode_lock(talloc_tos(), id);
-	if (lck == NULL) {
-		status = NT_STATUS_OK;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	full_name = talloc_asprintf(talloc_tos(),
-				    "%s%s",
-				    sname->base_name,
-				    AFPINFO_STREAM);
-	if (full_name == NULL) {
-		status = NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	status = file_name_hash(handle->conn, full_name, &name_hash);
-	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	delete_on_close_set = is_delete_on_close_set(lck, name_hash);
-	if (delete_on_close_set) {
-		ok = del_fruit_stream(mem_ctx,
-				      pnum_streams,
-				      pstreams,
-				      AFPINFO_STREAM);
-		if (!ok) {
-			status = NT_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR;
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	status  = NT_STATUS_OK;
-
-out:
-	TALLOC_FREE(sname);
-	TALLOC_FREE(lck);
-	TALLOC_FREE(full_name);
-	return status;
+	return NT_STATUS_OK;
 }
 
 static NTSTATUS fruit_streaminfo_meta_netatalk(