diff --git a/contrib/hadoop-store-builder/src/java/voldemort/store/readonly/mr/AvroStoreBuilderPartitioner.java b/contrib/hadoop-store-builder/src/java/voldemort/store/readonly/mr/AvroStoreBuilderPartitioner.java
index 510ca688c9..a3c4b0c9dc 100644
--- a/contrib/hadoop-store-builder/src/java/voldemort/store/readonly/mr/AvroStoreBuilderPartitioner.java
+++ b/contrib/hadoop-store-builder/src/java/voldemort/store/readonly/mr/AvroStoreBuilderPartitioner.java
@@ -47,17 +47,9 @@ public int getPartition(AvroKey<ByteBuffer> key, AvroValue<ByteBuffer> value, in
 
         byte[] keyBytes = null, valueBytes;
 
-        if(!key.datum().hasRemaining()) {
-            // System.out.println("empty key");
-            return 0;
-        }
         keyBytes = new byte[key.datum().remaining()];
         key.datum().get(keyBytes);
 
-        if(!value.datum().hasRemaining()) {
-            // System.out.println("empty value");
-            return 0;
-        }
         valueBytes = new byte[value.datum().remaining()];
         value.datum().get(valueBytes);