diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index c5de863aeceb..e699425c5b06 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4582,7 +4582,6 @@ static bool sort_folio(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, struct scan_c
 		       int tier_idx)
 {
 	bool success;
-	bool dirty, writeback;
 	int gen = folio_lru_gen(folio);
 	int type = folio_is_file_lru(folio);
 	int zone = folio_zonenum(folio);
@@ -4632,21 +4631,6 @@ static bool sort_folio(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, struct scan_c
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	dirty = folio_test_dirty(folio);
-	writeback = folio_test_writeback(folio);
-	if (type == LRU_GEN_FILE && dirty) {
-		sc->nr.file_taken += delta;
-		if (!writeback)
-			sc->nr.unqueued_dirty += delta;
-	}
-
-	/* waiting for writeback */
-	if (writeback || (type == LRU_GEN_FILE && dirty)) {
-		gen = folio_inc_gen(lruvec, folio, true);
-		list_move(&folio->lru, &lrugen->folios[gen][type][zone]);
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -4668,9 +4652,6 @@ static bool isolate_folio(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, struct sca
 	if (!folio_test_referenced(folio))
 		set_mask_bits(&folio->flags.f, LRU_REFS_MASK, 0);
 
-	/* for shrink_folio_list() */
-	folio_clear_reclaim(folio);
-
 	success = lru_gen_del_folio(lruvec, folio, true);
 	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!success, folio);