diff --git a/packages/system/linstor/hack/plunger/plunger-satellite.sh b/packages/system/linstor/hack/plunger/plunger-satellite.sh
index da4da04d..4a488a51 100755
--- a/packages/system/linstor/hack/plunger/plunger-satellite.sh
+++ b/packages/system/linstor/hack/plunger/plunger-satellite.sh
@@ -20,34 +20,6 @@ drbd_status_json() {
   drbdsetup status --json 2>/dev/null || true
 }
 
-# Detect DRBD resources stuck in Primary on this node with no consumer.
-# Auto-promote can promote a resource to Primary (e.g. during mkfs.ext4
-# at provisioning time), but auto-demote sometimes fails to fire on
-# close. The resource then stays Primary on a node that has no
-# consumer and blocks NodePublishVolume on the actual target node with
-# "failed to set source device readwrite". Upstream tracker:
-#   https://github.com/piraeusdatastore/piraeus-operator/issues/942
-#
-# `open == false` on every device of the resource guarantees nobody is
-# using it, so `drbdadm secondary` is safe — at worst it's a no-op
-# that auto-promote will redo when a real consumer arrives.
-drbd_fix_idle_primary() {
-  local json
-  json="$(drbd_status_json)"
-  [ -n "$json" ] || return 0
-
-  printf '%s' "$json" | jq -r '
-    .[]?
-    | select(.role == "Primary")
-    | select(all(.devices[]?; .open == false))
-    | .name
-  ' | while IFS= read -r res; do
-    [ -n "$res" ] || continue
-    log "Idle Primary detected: res=$res open:no -> drbdadm secondary"
-    drbdadm secondary "$res" || log "WARN: secondary failed for $res"
-  done
-}
-
 # Detect DRBD resources where resync is stuck:
 # - at least one local device is Inconsistent
 # - there is an active SyncTarget peer
@@ -182,9 +154,6 @@ while true; do
     drbdadm up "${secondary}" || echo "Command failed"
   ); done
 
-  # Detect and demote idle Primary resources stuck after auto-promote
-  drbd_fix_idle_primary || true
-
   # Detect and fix stalled DRBD resync by switching SyncTarget peer
   drbd_fix_stalled_sync || true