diff --git a/pkg/port/iscsit/iscsid.go b/pkg/port/iscsit/iscsid.go
index fcfb0fc..c8cd70e 100644
--- a/pkg/port/iscsit/iscsid.go
+++ b/pkg/port/iscsit/iscsid.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gostor/gotgt/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/gostor/gotgt/pkg/scsi"
 	"github.com/gostor/gotgt/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/gostor/gotgt/pkg/util/pool"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ func (s *ISCSITargetDriver) rxHandler(conn *iscsiConnection) {
 				return
 			}
 			dl := ((cmd.DataLen + DataPadding - 1) / DataPadding) * DataPadding
-			cmd.RawData = pool.NewBuffer(dl)
+			cmd.RawData = make([]byte, int(dl))
 			length := 0
 			for length < dl {
 				l, err := conn.readData(cmd.RawData[length:])
@@ -583,7 +582,7 @@ func (s *ISCSITargetDriver) scsiCommandHandler(conn *iscsiConnection) (err error
 				}
 				scmd.OutSDBBuffer = &api.SCSIDataBuffer{
 					Length: uint32(blen),
-					Buffer: pool.NewBuffer(blen),
+					Buffer: make([]byte, blen),
 				}
 			}
 			log.Debugf("SCSI write, R2T count: %d, unsol Count: %d, offset: %d", task.r2tCount, task.unsolCount, task.offset)
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ func (s *ISCSITargetDriver) scsiCommandHandler(conn *iscsiConnection) (err error
 		} else if scmd.InSDBBuffer == nil {
 			scmd.InSDBBuffer = &api.SCSIDataBuffer{
 				Length: uint32(req.ExpectedDataLen),
-				Buffer: pool.NewBuffer(int(req.ExpectedDataLen)),
+				Buffer: make([]byte, int(req.ExpectedDataLen)),
 			}
 		}
 		task.offset = 0
diff --git a/pkg/scsi/backingstore.go b/pkg/scsi/backingstore.go
index 65df989..731b84a 100644
--- a/pkg/scsi/backingstore.go
+++ b/pkg/scsi/backingstore.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gostor/gotgt/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/gostor/gotgt/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/gostor/gotgt/pkg/util/pool"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func bsPerformCommand(bs api.BackingStore, cmd *api.SCSICommand) (err error, key
 		// TODO
 		break
 	case api.READ_6, api.READ_10, api.READ_12, api.READ_16:
-		rbuf = pool.NewBuffer(int(tl))
+		rbuf = make([]byte, int(tl))
 		rbuf, err = bs.Read(int64(offset), tl)
 		if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
 			key = MEDIUM_ERROR
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ write:
 	}
 verify:
 	if doVerify {
-		rbuf = pool.NewBuffer(int(tl))
+		rbuf = make([]byte, int(tl))
 		rbuf, err = bs.Read(int64(offset), tl)
 		if err != nil {
 			key = MEDIUM_ERROR
diff --git a/pkg/util/pool/pool.go b/pkg/util/pool/pool.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e922a3..0000000
--- a/pkg/util/pool/pool.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The GoStor Authors All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Package pool provides memory pool for buffer.
-package pool
-
-import "sync"
-
-var bytePool sync.Pool = sync.Pool{}
-
-func NewBuffer(size int) []byte {
-	bytePool.New = func() interface{} {
-		return make([]byte, size)
-	}
-
-	return bytePool.Get().([]byte)
-}
-
-func ReleaseBuffer(b []byte) {
-	bytePool.Put(b)
-}