diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index b3ea95c74f..ad877b0aeb 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -934,19 +934,6 @@ out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static inline uint64_t bdrv_get_align(BlockDriverState *bs)
-{
-    /* TODO Lift BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE restriction in BlockDriver interface */
-    return MAX(BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, bs->request_alignment);
-}
-
-static inline bool bdrv_req_is_aligned(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                       int64_t offset, size_t bytes)
-{
-    int64_t align = bdrv_get_align(bs);
-    return !(offset & (align - 1) || (bytes & (align - 1)));
-}
-
 /*
  * Handle a read request in coroutine context
  */
@@ -957,7 +944,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_preadv(BlockDriverState *bs,
     BlockDriver *drv = bs->drv;
     BdrvTrackedRequest req;
 
-    uint64_t align = bdrv_get_align(bs);
+    /* TODO Lift BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE restriction in BlockDriver interface */
+    uint64_t align = MAX(BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, bs->request_alignment);
     uint8_t *head_buf = NULL;
     uint8_t *tail_buf = NULL;
     QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
@@ -1199,7 +1187,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs,
     BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
     BdrvTrackedRequest req;
-    uint64_t align = bdrv_get_align(bs);
+    /* TODO Lift BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE restriction in BlockDriver interface */
+    uint64_t align = MAX(BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, bs->request_alignment);
     uint8_t *head_buf = NULL;
     uint8_t *tail_buf = NULL;
     QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
@@ -1298,10 +1287,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs,
         bytes = ROUND_UP(bytes, align);
     }
 
-    if (use_local_qiov) {
-        /* Local buffer may have non-zero data. */
-        flags &= ~BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE;
-    }
     ret = bdrv_aligned_pwritev(bs, &req, offset, bytes,
                                use_local_qiov ? &local_qiov : qiov,
                                flags);
@@ -1342,32 +1327,14 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_write_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                       int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
                                       BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
-    int ret;
-
     trace_bdrv_co_write_zeroes(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, flags);
 
     if (!(bs->open_flags & BDRV_O_UNMAP)) {
         flags &= ~BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP;
     }
-    if (bdrv_req_is_aligned(bs, sector_num << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
-                            nb_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS)) {
-        ret = bdrv_co_do_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, NULL,
-                                BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE | flags);
-    } else {
-        uint8_t *buf;
-        QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
-        size_t bytes = nb_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
 
-        buf = qemu_memalign(bdrv_opt_mem_align(bs), bytes);
-        memset(buf, 0, bytes);
-        qemu_iovec_init(&local_qiov, 1);
-        qemu_iovec_add(&local_qiov, buf, bytes);
-
-        ret = bdrv_co_do_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, &local_qiov,
-                                BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE | flags);
-        qemu_vfree(buf);
-    }
-    return ret;
+    return bdrv_co_do_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, NULL,
+                             BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE | flags);
 }
 
 int bdrv_flush_all(void)