diff --git a/src/scheduler.c b/src/scheduler.c
index e79429f74779f667c02ce6e67af910b166f77543..d760545ea74ddb288887a800c692136682f70d12 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.c
+++ b/src/scheduler.c
@@ -808,8 +808,6 @@ void scheduler_reweight(struct scheduler *s) {
         default:
           break;
       }
-    if (t->type == task_type_send) t->weight = INT_MAX / 8;
-    if (t->type == task_type_recv) t->weight *= 1.41;
   }
   // message( "weighting tasks took %.3f %s." ,
   // clocks_from_ticks( getticks() - tic ), clocks_getunit());