break;
 
                /* filter out block requests we don't understand */
-               if (rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS &&
-                   !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
+               if (rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) {
                        blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
                        continue;
                }
 
 
        rq->timeout = 60*HZ;
        rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
-       rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
        if (cgc->quiet)
                rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 
       aic_dev->r_total++;
       ptr = aic_dev->r_bins;
     }
-    if(cmd->device->simple_tags && cmd->request->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-    {
-      aic_dev->barrier_total++;
-      if(scb->tag_action == MSG_ORDERED_Q_TAG)
-        aic_dev->ordered_total++;
-    }
     x = scb->sg_length;
     x >>= 10;
     for(i=0; i<6; i++)
     /* We always force TEST_UNIT_READY to untagged */
     if (cmd->cmnd[0] != TEST_UNIT_READY && sdptr->simple_tags)
     {
-      if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-      {
-       if(sdptr->ordered_tags)
-       {
-          hscb->control |= MSG_ORDERED_Q_TAG;
-          scb->tag_action = MSG_ORDERED_Q_TAG;
-       }
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        hscb->control |= MSG_SIMPLE_Q_TAG;
-        scb->tag_action = MSG_SIMPLE_Q_TAG;
-      }
+      hscb->control |= MSG_SIMPLE_Q_TAG;
+      scb->tag_action = MSG_SIMPLE_Q_TAG;
     }
   }
   if ( !(aic_dev->dtr_pending) &&
 
        sc->scsi_done(sc);
 }
 
-static enum task_attribute sas_scsi_get_task_attr(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
-{
-       enum task_attribute ta = TASK_ATTR_SIMPLE;
-       if (cmd->request && blk_rq_tagged(cmd->request)) {
-               if (cmd->device->ordered_tags &&
-                   (cmd->request->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
-                       ta = TASK_ATTR_ORDERED;
-       }
-       return ta;
-}
-
 static struct sas_task *sas_create_task(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
                                               struct domain_device *dev,
                                               gfp_t gfp_flags)
        task->ssp_task.retry_count = 1;
        int_to_scsilun(cmd->device->lun, &lun);
        memcpy(task->ssp_task.LUN, &lun.scsi_lun, 8);
-       task->ssp_task.task_attr = sas_scsi_get_task_attr(cmd);
+       task->ssp_task.task_attr = TASK_ATTR_SIMPLE;
        memcpy(task->ssp_task.cdb, cmd->cmnd, 16);
 
        task->scatter = scsi_sglist(cmd);
 
 static inline int scsi_populate_tag_msg(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, char *msg)
 {
         struct request *req = cmd->request;
-       struct scsi_device *sdev = cmd->device;
 
         if (blk_rq_tagged(req)) {
-               if (sdev->ordered_tags && req->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-                       *msg++ = MSG_ORDERED_TAG;
-               else
-                       *msg++ = MSG_SIMPLE_TAG;
+               *msg++ = MSG_SIMPLE_TAG;
                *msg++ = req->tag;
                return 2;
        }