diff --git a/db/column_family.cc b/db/column_family.cc
index de94426d7..369dc6615 100644
--- a/db/column_family.cc
+++ b/db/column_family.cc
@@ -1245,30 +1245,11 @@ SuperVersion* ColumnFamilyData::GetThreadLocalSuperVersion(DBImpl* db) {
   // (if no Scrape happens).
   assert(ptr != SuperVersion::kSVInUse);
   SuperVersion* sv = static_cast<SuperVersion*>(ptr);
-  if (sv == SuperVersion::kSVObsolete ||
-      sv->version_number != super_version_number_.load()) {
+  if (sv == SuperVersion::kSVObsolete) {
     RecordTick(ioptions_.stats, NUMBER_SUPERVERSION_ACQUIRES);
-    SuperVersion* sv_to_delete = nullptr;
-
-    if (sv && sv->Unref()) {
-      RecordTick(ioptions_.stats, NUMBER_SUPERVERSION_CLEANUPS);
-      db->mutex()->Lock();
-      // NOTE: underlying resources held by superversion (sst files) might
-      // not be released until the next background job.
-      sv->Cleanup();
-      if (db->immutable_db_options().avoid_unnecessary_blocking_io) {
-        db->AddSuperVersionsToFreeQueue(sv);
-        db->SchedulePurge();
-      } else {
-        sv_to_delete = sv;
-      }
-    } else {
-      db->mutex()->Lock();
-    }
+    db->mutex()->Lock();
     sv = super_version_->Ref();
     db->mutex()->Unlock();
-
-    delete sv_to_delete;
   }
   assert(sv != nullptr);
   return sv;