diff --git a/src/bees-roots.cc b/src/bees-roots.cc
index 01f47a1..0fb4a79 100644
--- a/src/bees-roots.cc
+++ b/src/bees-roots.cc
@@ -375,20 +375,11 @@ BeesRoots::crawl_thread()
 	m_crawl_task = Task("crawl_master", [shared_this]() {
 		auto tqs = TaskMaster::get_queue_count();
 		BEESNOTE("queueing extents to scan, " << tqs << " of " << BEES_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE);
-#if 0
 		bool run_again = true;
 		while (tqs < BEES_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE && run_again) {
 			run_again = shared_this->crawl_roots();
 			tqs = TaskMaster::get_queue_count();
 		}
-#else
-		bool run_again = false;
-		while (tqs < BEES_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE) {
-			run_again = shared_this->crawl_roots();
-			tqs = TaskMaster::get_queue_count();
-			if (!run_again) break;
-		}
-#endif
 		if (run_again) {
 			shared_this->m_crawl_task.run();
 		}