diff --git a/nsock/src/engine_iocp.c b/nsock/src/engine_iocp.c
index 0bd1a1823..b8c6891b0 100644
--- a/nsock/src/engine_iocp.c
+++ b/nsock/src/engine_iocp.c
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ struct extended_overlapped {
   * can destroy them if the msp is deleted.  This pointer makes it easy to
   * remove this struct extended_overlapped from the allocated list when necessary */
   gh_lnode_t nodeq;
-
-  int eov_received;
 };
 
 /* --- INTERNAL PROTOTYPES --- */
@@ -503,7 +501,6 @@ static struct extended_overlapped *new_eov(struct npool *nsp, struct nevent *nse
   eov->nse = nse;
   eov->nse_id = nse->id;
   eov->err = 0;
-  eov->eov_received = false;
   gh_list_prepend(&iinfo->active_eovs, &eov->nodeq);
 
   /* Make the read buffer equal to the size of the buffer in do_actual_read() */
@@ -754,7 +751,6 @@ static int get_overlapped_result(struct npool *nsp, int fd, const void *buffer,
   char *buf = (char *)buffer;
   DWORD dwRes = 0;
   int err;
-  static struct extended_overlapped *old_eov = NULL;
   struct iocp_engine_info *iinfo = (struct iocp_engine_info *)nsp->engine_data;
 
   struct extended_overlapped *eov = iinfo->eov;
@@ -769,30 +765,14 @@ static int get_overlapped_result(struct npool *nsp, int fd, const void *buffer,
   if (!GetOverlappedResult((HANDLE)fd, (LPOVERLAPPED)eov, &dwRes, FALSE)) {
     err = socket_errno();
     if (errcode_is_failure(err)) {
-      eov->eov_received = true;
       SetLastError(map_faulty_errors(err));
       return -1;
     }
   }
-  eov->eov_received = true;
 
   if (nse->type == NSE_TYPE_READ && buf)
     memcpy(buf, eov->wsabuf.buf, dwRes);
 
-  /* If the read buffer wasn't big enough, subsequent calls from do_actual_read will make us
-  read with recvfrom the rest of the returned data */
-  if (nse->type == NSE_TYPE_READ && dwRes == eov->wsabuf.len && old_eov == eov) {
-    struct sockaddr_storage peer;
-    socklen_t peerlen = sizeof(peer);
-    dwRes = recvfrom(fd, buf, READ_BUFFER_SZ, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&peer, &peerlen);
-  }
-
-  if (nse->type != NSE_TYPE_READ || (nse->type == NSE_TYPE_READ && dwRes < eov->wsabuf.len)) {
-    old_eov = NULL;
-  } else if (nse->type == NSE_TYPE_READ && dwRes == eov->wsabuf.len) {
-    old_eov = eov;
-  }
-
   return dwRes;
 }