diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Remote/Configuration/Remote.conf b/src/core/Akka.Remote/Configuration/Remote.conf
index 08c1fc87bc0..e5d0c7622b7 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Remote/Configuration/Remote.conf
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Remote/Configuration/Remote.conf
@@ -432,11 +432,6 @@ akka {
       # i.e. how long a connect may take until it is timed out
       connection-timeout = 15 s
 
-      # Toggles buffer pooling on and off inside DotNetty.
-      # Only intended to be a work-around for users who are still running on DotNetty v0.4.6-v0.4.7
-      # for the following bug: https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/3370
-      enable-pooling = true
-
       # If set to "<id.of.dispatcher>" then the specified dispatcher
       # will be used to accept inbound connections, and perform IO. If "" then
       # dedicated threads will be used.
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/DotNettyTransport.cs b/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/DotNettyTransport.cs
index 129a5e675ad..eb2e6b7fef2 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/DotNettyTransport.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/DotNettyTransport.cs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ protected Bootstrap ClientFactory(Address remoteAddress)
                 .Option(ChannelOption.TcpNodelay, Settings.TcpNoDelay)
                 .Option(ChannelOption.ConnectTimeout, Settings.ConnectTimeout)
                 .Option(ChannelOption.AutoRead, false)
-                .Option(ChannelOption.Allocator, Settings.EnableBufferPooling ? (IByteBufferAllocator)PooledByteBufferAllocator.Default : UnpooledByteBufferAllocator.Default)
+                .Option(ChannelOption.Allocator, UnpooledByteBufferAllocator.Default)
                 .ChannelFactory(() => Settings.EnforceIpFamily
                     ? new TcpSocketChannel(addressFamily)
                     : new TcpSocketChannel())
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ private ServerBootstrap ServerFactory()
                 .Option(ChannelOption.TcpNodelay, Settings.TcpNoDelay)
                 .Option(ChannelOption.AutoRead, false)
                 .Option(ChannelOption.SoBacklog, Settings.Backlog)
-                .Option(ChannelOption.Allocator, Settings.EnableBufferPooling ? (IByteBufferAllocator)PooledByteBufferAllocator.Default : UnpooledByteBufferAllocator.Default)
+                .Option(ChannelOption.Allocator, UnpooledByteBufferAllocator.Default)
                 .ChannelFactory(() => Settings.EnforceIpFamily
                     ? new TcpServerSocketChannel(addressFamily)
                     : new TcpServerSocketChannel())
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/TcpTransport.cs b/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/TcpTransport.cs
index a8dce870dd7..792ea620a61 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/TcpTransport.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Remote/Transport/DotNetty/TcpTransport.cs
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ public override bool Write(ByteString payload)
 
         private IByteBuffer ToByteBuffer(ByteString payload)
         {
-            //TODO: optimize DotNetty byte buffer usage 
-            // (maybe custom IByteBuffer working directly on ByteString?)
             var buffer = Unpooled.WrappedBuffer(payload.ToByteArray());
             return buffer;
         }