diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
index 69d6bc41..ae3cde0a 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ static int64 file_size(CSlice path) {
 }
 }  // namespace detail
 
-bool Binlog::IGNORE_ERASE_HACK = false;
-
 Binlog::Binlog() = default;
 
 Binlog::~Binlog() {
@@ -522,17 +520,12 @@ Status Binlog::load_binlog(const Callback &callback, const Callback &debug_callb
     auto need_size = r_need_size.move_as_ok();
     // LOG(ERROR) << "Need size = " << need_size;
     if (need_size == 0) {
-      if (IGNORE_ERASE_HACK && event.type_ == BinlogEvent::ServiceTypes::Empty &&
-          (event.flags_ & BinlogEvent::Flags::Rewrite) != 0) {
-        // skip erase
-      } else {
-        if (debug_callback) {
-          debug_callback(event);
-        }
-        do_add_event(std::move(event));
-        if (info_.wrong_password) {
-          return Status::OK();
-        }
+      if (debug_callback) {
+        debug_callback(event);
+      }
+      do_add_event(std::move(event));
+      if (info_.wrong_password) {
+        return Status::OK();
       }
     } else {
       TRY_STATUS(fd_.flush_read(max(need_size, static_cast<size_t>(4096))));
@@ -561,7 +554,7 @@ Status Binlog::load_binlog(const Callback &callback, const Callback &debug_callb
     fd_.truncate_to_current_position(offset).ensure();
     db_key_used_ = false;  // force reindex
   }
-  LOG_CHECK(IGNORE_ERASE_HACK || fd_size_ == offset) << fd_size << " " << fd_size_ << " " << offset;
+  LOG_CHECK(fd_size_ == offset) << fd_size << " " << fd_size_ << " " << offset;
   binlog_reader_ptr_ = nullptr;
   state_ = State::Run;
 
diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.h b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.h
index 99b74e81..5a6221e3 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.h
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class BinlogEventsBuffer;
 class Binlog {
  public:
   enum Error : int { WrongPassword = -1 };
-  static bool IGNORE_ERASE_HACK;
   Binlog();
   Binlog(const Binlog &other) = delete;
   Binlog &operator=(const Binlog &other) = delete;