--- a/src/osd/OSD.cc
+++ b/src/osd/OSD.cc
@@ -3797,22 +3797,21 @@ int OSD::init()
   set_osdmap(osdmap);

   // make sure we don't have legacy pgs deleting
-  {
+  if (false) {
     vector<coll_t> ls;
     int r = store->list_collections(ls);
     ceph_assert(r >= 0);
     for (auto c : ls) {
       spg_t pgid;
-      if (c.is_pg(&pgid) &&
-         !osdmap->have_pg_pool(pgid.pool())) {
-       ghobject_t oid = make_final_pool_info_oid(pgid.pool());
-       if (!store->exists(service.meta_ch, oid)) {
-         derr << __func__ << " missing pg_pool_t for deleted pool "
-              << pgid.pool() << " for pg " << pgid
-              << "; please downgrade to luminous and allow "
-              << "pg deletion to complete before upgrading" << dendl;
-         ceph_abort();
-       }
+      if (c.is_pg(&pgid) && !osdmap->have_pg_pool(pgid.pool())) {
+        ghobject_t oid = make_final_pool_info_oid(pgid.pool());
+        if (!store->exists(service.meta_ch, oid)) {
+          derr << __func__ << " missing pg_pool_t for deleted pool "
+               << pgid.pool() << " for pg " << pgid
+               << "; please downgrade to luminous and allow "
+               << "pg deletion to complete before upgrading" << dendl;
+          ceph_abort();
+        }
       }
     }
   }