diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b178f2dfe..3a6155fc9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Error loading configuration from %s: %v", *configFile, err)
 	}
 
-	ts, err := metric.NewTieredStorage(uint(*diskAppendQueueCapacity), 100, time.Second*30, time.Second*1, time.Second*20, *metricsStoragePath)
+	ts, err := metric.NewTieredStorage(uint(*diskAppendQueueCapacity), 100, time.Second*30, time.Second*20, *metricsStoragePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error opening storage: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/rules/rules_test.go b/rules/rules_test.go
index c7a69af61..601a41acf 100644
--- a/rules/rules_test.go
+++ b/rules/rules_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (t testTieredStorageCloser) Close() {
 func NewTestTieredStorage(t test.Tester) (storage *metric.TieredStorage, closer test.Closer) {
 	var directory test.TemporaryDirectory
 	directory = test.NewTemporaryDirectory("test_tiered_storage", t)
-	storage, err := metric.NewTieredStorage(2500, 1000, 5*time.Second, 15*time.Second, 0*time.Second, directory.Path())
+	storage, err := metric.NewTieredStorage(2500, 1000, 5*time.Second, 0*time.Second, directory.Path())
 
 	if err != nil {
 		if storage != nil {
diff --git a/storage/metric/helpers_test.go b/storage/metric/helpers_test.go
index f272e55a0..023e782b6 100644
--- a/storage/metric/helpers_test.go
+++ b/storage/metric/helpers_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (t testTieredStorageCloser) Close() {
 func NewTestTieredStorage(t test.Tester) (storage *TieredStorage, closer test.Closer) {
 	var directory test.TemporaryDirectory
 	directory = test.NewTemporaryDirectory("test_tiered_storage", t)
-	storage, err := NewTieredStorage(2500, 1000, 5*time.Second, 15*time.Second, 0*time.Second, directory.Path())
+	storage, err := NewTieredStorage(2500, 1000, 5*time.Second, 0*time.Second, directory.Path())
 
 	if err != nil {
 		if storage != nil {
diff --git a/storage/metric/tiered.go b/storage/metric/tiered.go
index 55b96591f..3220fa644 100644
--- a/storage/metric/tiered.go
+++ b/storage/metric/tiered.go
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ type TieredStorage struct {
 	memoryArena         memorySeriesStorage
 	memoryTTL           time.Duration
 	flushMemoryInterval time.Duration
-	writeMemoryInterval time.Duration
 
 	// This mutex manages any concurrent reads/writes of the memoryArena.
 	memoryMutex sync.RWMutex
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ type viewJob struct {
 	err     chan error
 }
 
-func NewTieredStorage(appendToDiskQueueDepth, viewQueueDepth uint, flushMemoryInterval, writeMemoryInterval, memoryTTL time.Duration, root string) (storage *TieredStorage, err error) {
+func NewTieredStorage(appendToDiskQueueDepth, viewQueueDepth uint, flushMemoryInterval, memoryTTL time.Duration, root string) (storage *TieredStorage, err error) {
 	diskStorage, err := NewLevelDBMetricPersistence(root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ func NewTieredStorage(appendToDiskQueueDepth, viewQueueDepth uint, flushMemoryIn
 		memoryArena:         NewMemorySeriesStorage(),
 		memoryTTL:           memoryTTL,
 		viewQueue:           make(chan viewJob, viewQueueDepth),
-		writeMemoryInterval: writeMemoryInterval,
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -185,8 +183,6 @@ func (t *TieredStorage) rebuildDiskFrontier(i leveldb.Iterator) (err error) {
 func (t *TieredStorage) Serve() {
 	flushMemoryTicker := time.NewTicker(t.flushMemoryInterval)
 	defer flushMemoryTicker.Stop()
-	writeMemoryTicker := time.NewTicker(t.writeMemoryInterval)
-	defer writeMemoryTicker.Stop()
 	queueReportTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
 	defer queueReportTicker.Stop()