diff --git a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/committsdesc.c b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/committsdesc.c
index 7ebd3d35ef..26bad44b96 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/committsdesc.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/committsdesc.c
@@ -38,31 +38,6 @@ commit_ts_desc(StringInfo buf, XLogReaderState *record)
 		appendStringInfo(buf, "pageno %d, oldestXid %u",
 						 trunc->pageno, trunc->oldestXid);
 	}
-	else if (info == COMMIT_TS_SETTS)
-	{
-		xl_commit_ts_set *xlrec = (xl_commit_ts_set *) rec;
-		int			nsubxids;
-
-		appendStringInfo(buf, "set %s/%d for: %u",
-						 timestamptz_to_str(xlrec->timestamp),
-						 xlrec->nodeid,
-						 xlrec->mainxid);
-		nsubxids = ((XLogRecGetDataLen(record) - SizeOfCommitTsSet) /
-					sizeof(TransactionId));
-		if (nsubxids > 0)
-		{
-			int			i;
-			TransactionId *subxids;
-
-			subxids = palloc(sizeof(TransactionId) * nsubxids);
-			memcpy(subxids,
-				   XLogRecGetData(record) + SizeOfCommitTsSet,
-				   sizeof(TransactionId) * nsubxids);
-			for (i = 0; i < nsubxids; i++)
-				appendStringInfo(buf, ", %u", subxids[i]);
-			pfree(subxids);
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 const char *
@@ -74,8 +49,6 @@ commit_ts_identify(uint8 info)
 			return "ZEROPAGE";
 		case COMMIT_TS_TRUNCATE:
 			return "TRUNCATE";
-		case COMMIT_TS_SETTS:
-			return "SETTS";
 		default:
 			return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/commit_ts.c b/src/backend/access/transam/commit_ts.c
index 268bdba339..0985fa155c 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/commit_ts.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/commit_ts.c
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ static void ActivateCommitTs(void);
 static void DeactivateCommitTs(void);
 static void WriteZeroPageXlogRec(int pageno);
 static void WriteTruncateXlogRec(int pageno, TransactionId oldestXid);
-static void WriteSetTimestampXlogRec(TransactionId mainxid, int nsubxids,
-									 TransactionId *subxids, TimestampTz timestamp,
-									 RepOriginId nodeid);
 
 /*
  * TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData
@@ -133,18 +130,11 @@ static void WriteSetTimestampXlogRec(TransactionId mainxid, int nsubxids,
  * permanent) so we need to keep the information about them here. If the
  * subtrans implementation changes in the future, we might want to revisit the
  * decision of storing timestamp info for each subxid.
- *
- * The write_xlog parameter tells us whether to include an XLog record of this
- * or not.  Normally, this is called from transaction commit routines (both
- * normal and prepared) and the information will be stored in the transaction
- * commit XLog record, and so they should pass "false" for this.  The XLog redo
- * code should use "false" here as well.  Other callers probably want to pass
- * true, so that the given values persist in case of crashes.
  */
 void
 TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData(TransactionId xid, int nsubxids,
 							   TransactionId *subxids, TimestampTz timestamp,
-							   RepOriginId nodeid, bool write_xlog)
+							   RepOriginId nodeid)
 {
 	int			i;
 	TransactionId headxid;
@@ -161,13 +151,6 @@ TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData(TransactionId xid, int nsubxids,
 	if (!commitTsShared->commitTsActive)
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * Comply with the WAL-before-data rule: if caller specified it wants this
-	 * value to be recorded in WAL, do so before touching the data.
-	 */
-	if (write_xlog)
-		WriteSetTimestampXlogRec(xid, nsubxids, subxids, timestamp, nodeid);
-
 	/*
 	 * Figure out the latest Xid in this batch: either the last subxid if
 	 * there's any, otherwise the parent xid.
@@ -993,28 +976,6 @@ WriteTruncateXlogRec(int pageno, TransactionId oldestXid)
 	(void) XLogInsert(RM_COMMIT_TS_ID, COMMIT_TS_TRUNCATE);
 }
 
-/*
- * Write a SETTS xlog record
- */
-static void
-WriteSetTimestampXlogRec(TransactionId mainxid, int nsubxids,
-						 TransactionId *subxids, TimestampTz timestamp,
-						 RepOriginId nodeid)
-{
-	xl_commit_ts_set record;
-
-	record.timestamp = timestamp;
-	record.nodeid = nodeid;
-	record.mainxid = mainxid;
-
-	XLogBeginInsert();
-	XLogRegisterData((char *) &record,
-					 offsetof(xl_commit_ts_set, mainxid) +
-					 sizeof(TransactionId));
-	XLogRegisterData((char *) subxids, nsubxids * sizeof(TransactionId));
-	XLogInsert(RM_COMMIT_TS_ID, COMMIT_TS_SETTS);
-}
-
 /*
  * CommitTS resource manager's routines
  */
@@ -1055,29 +1016,6 @@ commit_ts_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 
 		SimpleLruTruncate(CommitTsCtl, trunc->pageno);
 	}
-	else if (info == COMMIT_TS_SETTS)
-	{
-		xl_commit_ts_set *setts = (xl_commit_ts_set *) XLogRecGetData(record);
-		int			nsubxids;
-		TransactionId *subxids;
-
-		nsubxids = ((XLogRecGetDataLen(record) - SizeOfCommitTsSet) /
-					sizeof(TransactionId));
-		if (nsubxids > 0)
-		{
-			subxids = palloc(sizeof(TransactionId) * nsubxids);
-			memcpy(subxids,
-				   XLogRecGetData(record) + SizeOfCommitTsSet,
-				   sizeof(TransactionId) * nsubxids);
-		}
-		else
-			subxids = NULL;
-
-		TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData(setts->mainxid, nsubxids, subxids,
-									   setts->timestamp, setts->nodeid, false);
-		if (subxids)
-			pfree(subxids);
-	}
 	else
 		elog(PANIC, "commit_ts_redo: unknown op code %u", info);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/twophase.c b/src/backend/access/transam/twophase.c
index 89335b64a2..46f3d08249 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/twophase.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/twophase.c
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@ RecordTransactionCommitPrepared(TransactionId xid,
 
 	TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData(xid, nchildren, children,
 								   replorigin_session_origin_timestamp,
-								   replorigin_session_origin, false);
+								   replorigin_session_origin);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't currently try to sleep before flush here ... nor is there any
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
index c83aa16f2c..441445927e 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ RecordTransactionCommit(void)
 
 		TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData(xid, nchildren, children,
 									   replorigin_session_origin_timestamp,
-									   replorigin_session_origin, false);
+									   replorigin_session_origin);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -5804,7 +5804,7 @@ xact_redo_commit(xl_xact_parsed_commit *parsed,
 
 	/* Set the transaction commit timestamp and metadata */
 	TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData(xid, parsed->nsubxacts, parsed->subxacts,
-								   commit_time, origin_id, false);
+								   commit_time, origin_id);
 
 	if (standbyState == STANDBY_DISABLED)
 	{
diff --git a/src/include/access/commit_ts.h b/src/include/access/commit_ts.h
index 750369104a..608a1643cd 100644
--- a/src/include/access/commit_ts.h
+++ b/src/include/access/commit_ts.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extern bool check_track_commit_timestamp(bool *newval, void **extra,
 
 extern void TransactionTreeSetCommitTsData(TransactionId xid, int nsubxids,
 										   TransactionId *subxids, TimestampTz timestamp,
-										   RepOriginId nodeid, bool write_xlog);
+										   RepOriginId nodeid);
 extern bool TransactionIdGetCommitTsData(TransactionId xid,
 										 TimestampTz *ts, RepOriginId *nodeid);
 extern TransactionId GetLatestCommitTsData(TimestampTz *ts,
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ extern int	committssyncfiletag(const FileTag *ftag, char *path);
 /* XLOG stuff */
 #define COMMIT_TS_ZEROPAGE		0x00
 #define COMMIT_TS_TRUNCATE		0x10
-#define COMMIT_TS_SETTS			0x20
 
 typedef struct xl_commit_ts_set
 {