diff --git a/weed/command/mount.go b/weed/command/mount.go
index 440aca8c6..a0e573423 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ type MountOptions struct {
 	filerMountRootPath          *string
 	dir                         *string
 	dirAutoCreate               *bool
-	dirListCacheLimit           *int64
 	collection                  *string
 	replication                 *string
 	ttlSec                      *int
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ func init() {
 	mountOptions.filerMountRootPath = cmdMount.Flag.String("filer.path", "/", "mount this remote path from filer server")
 	mountOptions.dir = cmdMount.Flag.String("dir", ".", "mount weed filer to this directory")
 	mountOptions.dirAutoCreate = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("dirAutoCreate", false, "auto create the directory to mount to")
-	mountOptions.dirListCacheLimit = cmdMount.Flag.Int64("dirListCacheLimit", 1000000, "limit cache size to speed up directory long format listing")
 	mountOptions.collection = cmdMount.Flag.String("collection", "", "collection to create the files")
 	mountOptions.replication = cmdMount.Flag.String("replication", "", "replication(e.g. 000, 001) to create to files. If empty, let filer decide.")
 	mountOptions.ttlSec = cmdMount.Flag.Int("ttl", 0, "file ttl in seconds")
diff --git a/weed/command/mount_std.go b/weed/command/mount_std.go
index 56df740c4..3975575e9 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount_std.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount_std.go
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ func RunMount(option *MountOptions, umask os.FileMode) bool {
 		CacheDir:                    *option.cacheDir,
 		CacheSizeMB:                 *option.cacheSizeMB,
 		DataCenter:                  *option.dataCenter,
-		DirListCacheLimit:           *option.dirListCacheLimit,
 		EntryCacheTtl:               3 * time.Second,
 		MountUid:                    uid,
 		MountGid:                    gid,
diff --git a/weed/filesys/dir.go b/weed/filesys/dir.go
index 77d01d463..2214b1ac7 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/dir.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/dir.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package filesys
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"math"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ func (dir *Dir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) (ret []fuse.Dirent, err error) {
 
 	dirPath := util.FullPath(dir.FullPath())
 	meta_cache.EnsureVisited(dir.wfs.metaCache, dir.wfs, dirPath)
-	listedEntries, listErr := dir.wfs.metaCache.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), util.FullPath(dir.FullPath()), "", false, int(dir.wfs.option.DirListCacheLimit))
+	listedEntries, listErr := dir.wfs.metaCache.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), util.FullPath(dir.FullPath()), "", false, int(math.MaxInt32))
 	if listErr != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("list meta cache: %v", listErr)
 		return nil, fuse.EIO
diff --git a/weed/filesys/wfs.go b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
index e41693048..68ad987be 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/wfs.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type Option struct {
 	CacheDir           string
 	CacheSizeMB        int64
 	DataCenter         string
-	DirListCacheLimit  int64
 	EntryCacheTtl      time.Duration
 	Umask              os.FileMode