diff --git a/engines/io_uring.c b/engines/io_uring.c
index facc967f1..0538d1caf 100644
--- a/engines/io_uring.c
+++ b/engines/io_uring.c
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ enum uring_cmd_write_mode {
 	FIO_URING_CMD_WMODE_VERIFY,
 };
 
-enum uring_cmd_verify_mode {
-	FIO_URING_CMD_VMODE_READ = 1,
-	FIO_URING_CMD_VMODE_COMPARE,
-};
-
 struct io_sq_ring {
 	unsigned *head;
 	unsigned *tail;
@@ -106,7 +101,6 @@ struct ioring_options {
 	unsigned int writefua;
 	unsigned int deac;
 	unsigned int write_mode;
-	unsigned int verify_mode;
 	struct cmdprio_options cmdprio_options;
 	unsigned int fixedbufs;
 	unsigned int registerfiles;
@@ -202,26 +196,6 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
 		.category = FIO_OPT_C_ENGINE,
 		.group	= FIO_OPT_G_IOURING,
 	},
-	{
-		.name	= "verify_mode",
-		.lname	= "Do verify based on the configured command (e.g., Read or Compare command)",
-		.type	= FIO_OPT_STR,
-		.off1	= offsetof(struct ioring_options, verify_mode),
-		.help	= "Issue Read or Compare command in the verification phase",
-		.def	= "read",
-		.posval = {
-			  { .ival = "read",
-			    .oval = FIO_URING_CMD_VMODE_READ,
-			    .help = "Issue Read commands in the verification phase"
-			  },
-			  { .ival = "compare",
-			    .oval = FIO_URING_CMD_VMODE_COMPARE,
-			    .help = "Issue Compare commands in the verification phase"
-			  },
-		},
-		.category = FIO_OPT_C_ENGINE,
-		.group	= FIO_OPT_G_IOURING,
-	},
 	{
 		.name	= "fixedbufs",
 		.lname	= "Fixed (pre-mapped) IO buffers",
@@ -495,7 +469,6 @@ static int fio_ioring_cmd_prep(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
 	struct nvme_dsm *dsm;
 	void *ptr = ld->dsm;
 	unsigned int dsm_size;
-	uint8_t read_opcode = nvme_cmd_read;
 
 	/* only supports nvme_uring_cmd */
 	if (o->cmd_type != FIO_URING_CMD_NVME)
@@ -536,21 +509,9 @@ static int fio_ioring_cmd_prep(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
 	ptr += io_u->index * dsm_size;
 	dsm = (struct nvme_dsm *)ptr;
 
-	/*
-	 * If READ command belongs to the verification phase and the
-	 * verify_mode=compare, convert READ to COMPARE command.
-	 */
-	if (io_u->flags & IO_U_F_VER_LIST && io_u->ddir == DDIR_READ &&
-			o->verify_mode == FIO_URING_CMD_VMODE_COMPARE) {
-		populate_verify_io_u(td, io_u);
-		read_opcode = nvme_cmd_compare;
-		io_u_set(td, io_u, IO_U_F_VER_IN_DEV);
-	}
-
 	return fio_nvme_uring_cmd_prep(cmd, io_u,
 			o->nonvectored ? NULL : &ld->iovecs[io_u->index],
-			dsm, read_opcode, ld->write_opcode,
-			ld->cdw12_flags[io_u->ddir]);
+			dsm, ld->write_opcode, ld->cdw12_flags[io_u->ddir]);
 }
 
 static struct io_u *fio_ioring_event(struct thread_data *td, int event)
diff --git a/engines/nvme.c b/engines/nvme.c
index 37a31e2ff..2a3a6d065 100644
--- a/engines/nvme.c
+++ b/engines/nvme.c
@@ -363,8 +363,7 @@ void fio_nvme_uring_cmd_trim_prep(struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd, struct io_u *io_u,
 
 int fio_nvme_uring_cmd_prep(struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd, struct io_u *io_u,
 			    struct iovec *iov, struct nvme_dsm *dsm,
-			    uint8_t read_opcode, uint8_t write_opcode,
-			    unsigned int cdw12_flags)
+			    uint8_t write_opcode, unsigned int cdw12_flags)
 {
 	struct nvme_data *data = FILE_ENG_DATA(io_u->file);
 	__u64 slba;
@@ -374,7 +373,7 @@ int fio_nvme_uring_cmd_prep(struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd, struct io_u *io_u,
 
 	switch (io_u->ddir) {
 	case DDIR_READ:
-		cmd->opcode = read_opcode;
+		cmd->opcode = nvme_cmd_read;
 		break;
 	case DDIR_WRITE:
 		cmd->opcode = write_opcode;
diff --git a/engines/nvme.h b/engines/nvme.h
index 60b38d7fd..b5fef2fb2 100644
--- a/engines/nvme.h
+++ b/engines/nvme.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ enum nvme_io_opcode {
 	nvme_cmd_write			= 0x01,
 	nvme_cmd_read			= 0x02,
 	nvme_cmd_write_uncor		= 0x04,
-	nvme_cmd_compare		= 0x05,
 	nvme_cmd_write_zeroes		= 0x08,
 	nvme_cmd_dsm			= 0x09,
 	nvme_cmd_verify			= 0x0c,
@@ -432,8 +431,7 @@ int fio_nvme_get_info(struct fio_file *f, __u64 *nlba, __u32 pi_act,
 
 int fio_nvme_uring_cmd_prep(struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd, struct io_u *io_u,
 			    struct iovec *iov, struct nvme_dsm *dsm,
-			    uint8_t read_opcode, uint8_t write_opcode,
-			    unsigned int cdw12_flags);
+			    uint8_t write_opcode, unsigned int cdw12_flags);
 
 void fio_nvme_pi_fill(struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd, struct io_u *io_u,
 		      struct nvme_cmd_ext_io_opts *opts);
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 3c5f02b35..e4282a870 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -2677,20 +2677,6 @@ Use Verify commands for write operations
 .RE
 .RE
 .TP
-.BI (io_uring_cmd)verify_mode \fR=\fPstr
-Specifies the type of command to be used in the verification phase. Defaults to 'read'.
-.RS
-.RS
-.TP
-.B read
-Use Read commands for data verification
-.TP
-.B compare
-Use Compare commands for data verification
-.TP
-.RE
-.RE
-.TP
 .BI (sg)sg_write_mode \fR=\fPstr
 Specify the type of write commands to issue. This option can take multiple
 values:
diff --git a/io_u.h b/io_u.h
index 22ae6ed4f..20afad667 100644
--- a/io_u.h
+++ b/io_u.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ enum {
 	IO_U_F_VER_LIST		= 1 << 7,
 	IO_U_F_PATTERN_DONE	= 1 << 8,
 	IO_U_F_DEVICE_ERROR	= 1 << 9,
-	IO_U_F_VER_IN_DEV	= 1 << 10, /* Verify data in device */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/verify.c b/verify.c
index 2e113862f..f3d228ba7 100644
--- a/verify.c
+++ b/verify.c
@@ -901,13 +901,6 @@ int verify_io_u(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u **io_u_ptr)
 	if (td_ioengine_flagged(td, FIO_FAKEIO))
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * If data has already been verified from the device, we can skip
-	 * the actual verification phase here.
-	 */
-	if (io_u->flags & IO_U_F_VER_IN_DEV)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (io_u->flags & IO_U_F_TRIMMED) {
 		ret = verify_trimmed_io_u(td, io_u);
 		goto done;