diff --git a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiRRInfo.hh b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiRRInfo.hh
index d1fdea2ee4c..d1b346dea75 100644
--- a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiRRInfo.hh
+++ b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiRRInfo.hh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
 
 static const unsigned int idMax = 16777215;
 
-enum   Opc {Rxq = 0, Rwt = 1, Can = 2, Rxz = 3};
+enum   Opc {Rxq = 0, Rwt = 1, Can = 2};
 
 inline void                 Cmd(Opc cmd)
                                {reqCmd  = static_cast<unsigned char>(cmd);}
diff --git a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.cc b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.cc
index 30ec64f84ed..3663b9bee92 100644
--- a/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.cc
+++ b/src/XrdSsi/XrdSsiTaskReal.cc
@@ -482,13 +482,12 @@ bool XrdSsiTaskReal::SendRequest(const char *node)
    rrInfo.Size(reqBlen);
    tStat = isWrite;
 
-// If we are writing a zero length message, we must handle this as a separate
-// type of operation as zero length messages are normally deep-sixed.
+// If we are writing a zero length message, we must fake a request as zero
+// zero length messages are normally deep-sixed.
 //
    if (!reqBlen)
       {reqBuff = &zedData;
        reqBlen = 1;
-       rrInfo.Cmd(XrdSsiRRInfo::Rxz);
       }
 
 // Issue the write