diff --git a/src/ledger.rs b/src/ledger.rs
index 6e4c02cea1..8f97588200 100644
--- a/src/ledger.rs
+++ b/src/ledger.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use packet::{self, SharedBlob, BLOB_SIZE};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::io::Cursor;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use transaction::Transaction;
 
 // a Block is a slice of Entries
@@ -42,10 +41,7 @@ impl Block for [Entry] {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(
-    blobs: VecDeque<SharedBlob>,
-    blob_recycler: &packet::BlobRecycler,
-) -> bincode::Result<Vec<Entry>> {
+pub fn reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blobs: VecDeque<SharedBlob>) -> bincode::Result<Vec<Entry>> {
     let mut entries: Vec<Entry> = Vec::with_capacity(blobs.len());
 
     for blob in blobs {
@@ -53,11 +49,6 @@ pub fn reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(
             let msg = blob.read().unwrap();
             deserialize(&msg.data()[..msg.meta.size])
         };
-        // if erasure is enabled, the window may hold a reference to the blob
-        // to be able to perform erasure decoding for missing blobs
-        if Arc::strong_count(&blob) == 1 {
-            blob_recycler.recycle(blob);
-        }
 
         match entry {
             Ok(entry) => entries.push(entry),
@@ -156,10 +147,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut blob_q = VecDeque::new();
         entries.to_blobs(&blob_recycler, &mut blob_q);
 
-        assert_eq!(
-            reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blob_q, &blob_recycler).unwrap(),
-            entries
-        );
+        assert_eq!(reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blob_q).unwrap(), entries);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -167,7 +155,7 @@ mod tests {
         let blob_recycler = BlobRecycler::default();
         let addr = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)), 8000);
         let blobs_q = packet::to_blobs(vec![(0, addr)], &blob_recycler).unwrap(); // <-- attack!
-        assert!(reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blobs_q, &blob_recycler).is_err());
+        assert!(reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blobs_q).is_err());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -232,10 +220,7 @@ mod bench {
         bencher.iter(|| {
             let mut blob_q = VecDeque::new();
             entries.to_blobs(&blob_recycler, &mut blob_q);
-            assert_eq!(
-                reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blob_q, &blob_recycler).unwrap(),
-                entries
-            );
+            assert_eq!(reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blob_q).unwrap(), entries);
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/replicate_stage.rs b/src/replicate_stage.rs
index d23d57be2b..b51481727a 100644
--- a/src/replicate_stage.rs
+++ b/src/replicate_stage.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 use bank::Bank;
 use ledger;
-use packet::BlobRecycler;
 use result::Result;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -16,15 +15,11 @@ pub struct ReplicateStage {
 
 impl ReplicateStage {
     /// Process entry blobs, already in order
-    fn replicate_requests(
-        bank: &Arc<Bank>,
-        blob_receiver: &BlobReceiver,
-        blob_recycler: &BlobRecycler,
-    ) -> Result<()> {
+    fn replicate_requests(bank: &Arc<Bank>, blob_receiver: &BlobReceiver) -> Result<()> {
         let timer = Duration::new(1, 0);
         let blobs = blob_receiver.recv_timeout(timer)?;
         let blobs_len = blobs.len();
-        let entries = ledger::reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blobs, &blob_recycler)?;
+        let entries = ledger::reconstruct_entries_from_blobs(blobs)?;
         let res = bank.process_entries(entries);
         if res.is_err() {
             error!("process_entries {} {:?}", blobs_len, res);
@@ -33,16 +28,11 @@ impl ReplicateStage {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn new(
-        bank: Arc<Bank>,
-        exit: Arc<AtomicBool>,
-        window_receiver: BlobReceiver,
-        blob_recycler: BlobRecycler,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(bank: Arc<Bank>, exit: Arc<AtomicBool>, window_receiver: BlobReceiver) -> Self {
         let thread_hdl = Builder::new()
             .name("solana-replicate-stage".to_string())
             .spawn(move || loop {
-                let e = Self::replicate_requests(&bank, &window_receiver, &blob_recycler);
+                let e = Self::replicate_requests(&bank, &window_receiver);
                 if e.is_err() && exit.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/src/tvu.rs b/src/tvu.rs
index bcbec8397c..025a8bfa47 100644
--- a/src/tvu.rs
+++ b/src/tvu.rs
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ impl Tvu {
             fetch_stage.blob_receiver,
         );
 
-        let replicate_stage =
-            ReplicateStage::new(bank, exit, window_stage.blob_receiver, blob_recycler);
+        let replicate_stage = ReplicateStage::new(bank, exit, window_stage.blob_receiver);
 
         let mut threads = vec![replicate_stage.thread_hdl];
         threads.extend(fetch_stage.thread_hdls.into_iter());