diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index edbbbb06a..fcc82d653 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1666,33 +1666,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     fReindex = GetBoolArg("-reindex", false);
 
-    // Upgrading to 0.8; hard-link the old blknnnn.dat files into /blocks/
-    boost::filesystem::path blocksDir = GetDataDir() / "blocks";
-    if (!boost::filesystem::exists(blocksDir))
-    {
-        boost::filesystem::create_directories(blocksDir);
-        bool linked = false;
-        for (unsigned int i = 1; i < 10000; i++) {
-            boost::filesystem::path source = GetDataDir() / strprintf("blk%04u.dat", i);
-            if (!boost::filesystem::exists(source)) break;
-            boost::filesystem::path dest = blocksDir / strprintf("blk%05u.dat", i-1);
-            try {
-                boost::filesystem::create_hard_link(source, dest);
-                LogPrintf("Hardlinked %s -> %s\n", source.string(), dest.string());
-                linked = true;
-            } catch (const boost::filesystem::filesystem_error& e) {
-                // Note: hardlink creation failing is not a disaster, it just means
-                // blocks will get re-downloaded from peers.
-                LogPrintf("Error hardlinking blk%04u.dat: %s\n", i, e.what());
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (linked)
-        {
-            fReindex = true;
-        }
-    }
-
     // block tree db settings
     int dbMaxOpenFiles = GetArg("-dbmaxopenfiles", DEFAULT_DB_MAX_OPEN_FILES);
     bool dbCompression = GetBoolArg("-dbcompression", DEFAULT_DB_COMPRESSION);