diff --git a/weed/command/scaffold.go b/weed/command/scaffold.go
index c36e4a25f..82410f6d9 100644
--- a/weed/command/scaffold.go
+++ b/weed/command/scaffold.go
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ const (
 recursive_delete = false
 # directories under this folder will be automatically creating a separate bucket
 buckets_folder = "/buckets"
-buckets_fsync = [          # a list of buckets with all write requests fsync=true
-	"important_bucket",
-	"should_always_fsync",
-]
 
 ####################################################
 # The following are filer store options
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server.go b/weed/server/filer_server.go
index ba2d9989c..ec34f1787 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func NewFilerServer(defaultMux, readonlyMux *http.ServeMux, option *FilerOption)
 	fs.option.recursiveDelete = v.GetBool("filer.options.recursive_delete")
 	v.SetDefault("filer.options.buckets_folder", "/buckets")
 	fs.filer.DirBucketsPath = v.GetString("filer.options.buckets_folder")
+	// TODO deprecated, will be be removed after 2020-12-31
 	fs.filer.FsyncBuckets = v.GetStringSlice("filer.options.buckets_fsync")
 	fs.filer.LoadConfiguration(v)