diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index 8b732bb22..2ba673fd0 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -2128,7 +2128,6 @@ zfs_send(zfs_handle_t *zhp, const char *fromsnap, const char *tosnap,
 	avl_tree_t *fsavl = NULL;
 	static uint64_t holdseq;
 	int spa_version;
-	int featureflags = 0;
 	FILE *fout;
 
 	(void) snprintf(errbuf, sizeof (errbuf), dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,
@@ -2140,17 +2139,6 @@ zfs_send(zfs_handle_t *zhp, const char *fromsnap, const char *tosnap,
 		return (zfs_error(zhp->zfs_hdl, EZFS_NOENT, errbuf));
 	}
 
-	if (zhp->zfs_type == ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM) {
-		uint64_t version;
-		version = zfs_prop_get_int(zhp, ZFS_PROP_VERSION);
-		if (version >= ZPL_VERSION_SA) {
-			featureflags |= DMU_BACKUP_FEATURE_SA_SPILL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (flags->holds)
-		featureflags |= DMU_BACKUP_FEATURE_HOLDS;
-
 	if (flags->replicate || flags->doall || flags->props ||
 	    flags->holds || flags->backup) {
 		char full_tosnap_name[ZFS_MAX_DATASET_NAME_LEN];