diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs
index 117148ad050227..6371be6083cc84 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs
@@ -67,21 +67,8 @@ impl AccountsFile {
     /// The second element of the returned tuple is the number of accounts in the
     /// accounts file.
     pub fn new_from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>, current_len: usize) -> Result<(Self, usize)> {
-        match TieredStorage::new_readonly(path.as_ref()) {
-            Ok(tiered_storage) => {
-                // unwrap() note: TieredStorage::new_readonly() is guaranteed to have a valid
-                // reader instance when opening with new_readonly.
-                let num_accounts = tiered_storage.reader().unwrap().num_accounts();
-                Ok((Self::TieredStorage(tiered_storage), num_accounts))
-            }
-            Err(TieredStorageError::MagicNumberMismatch(_, _)) => {
-                // In case of MagicNumberMismatch, we can assume that this is not
-                // a tiered-storage file.
-                let (av, num_accounts) = AppendVec::new_from_file(path, current_len)?;
-                Ok((Self::AppendVec(av), num_accounts))
-            }
-            Err(e) => Err(AccountsFileError::TieredStorageError(e)),
-        }
+        let (av, num_accounts) = AppendVec::new_from_file(path, current_len)?;
+        Ok((Self::AppendVec(av), num_accounts))
     }
 
     pub fn flush(&self) -> Result<()> {