diff --git a/man/fi_shm.7.md b/man/fi_shm.7.md
index a0ebfa154c7..0fc9bacdfd6 100644
--- a/man/fi_shm.7.md
+++ b/man/fi_shm.7.md
@@ -163,12 +163,6 @@ The *shm* provider checks for the following environment variables:
 *FI_SHM_USE_DSA_SAR*
 : Enables memory copy offload to Intel DSA in SAR protocol. Default false
 
-*FI_SHM_ENABLE_DSA_PAGE_TOUCH*
-: Enables CPU touching of memory pages in a DSA command descriptor when the
-  page fault is reported, so that there is valid address translation for the
-  remaining addresses in the command. This minimizes DSA page faults. Default
-  false
-
 *FI_SHM_USE_XPMEM*
  : SHM can use SAR, CMA or XPMEM for host memory transfer. If
    FI_SHM_USE_XPMEM is set to 1, the provider will select XPMEM over CMA if
diff --git a/man/man7/fi_shm.7 b/man/man7/fi_shm.7
index 0775f687f09..6353533c667 100644
--- a/man/man7/fi_shm.7
+++ b/man/man7/fi_shm.7
@@ -187,13 +187,6 @@ Default false
 Enables memory copy offload to Intel DSA in SAR protocol.
 Default false
 .TP
-\f[I]FI_SHM_ENABLE_DSA_PAGE_TOUCH\f[R]
-Enables CPU touching of memory pages in a DSA command descriptor when
-the page fault is reported, so that there is valid address translation
-for the remaining addresses in the command.
-This minimizes DSA page faults.
-Default false
-.TP
 \f[I]FI_SHM_USE_XPMEM\f[R]
 SHM can use SAR, CMA or XPMEM for host memory transfer.
 If FI_SHM_USE_XPMEM is set to 1, the provider will select XPMEM over CMA
diff --git a/prov/shm/src/smr_dsa.c b/prov/shm/src/smr_dsa.c
index 35491ca2858..5b82b2aed2a 100644
--- a/prov/shm/src/smr_dsa.c
+++ b/prov/shm/src/smr_dsa.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ struct smr_dsa_context {
 	void *wq_portal[MAX_WQS_PER_EP];
 	int wq_count;
 	int next_wq;
-	int enable_dsa_page_touch;
 
 	unsigned long copy_type_stats[2];
 	unsigned long page_fault_stats[2];
@@ -514,22 +513,6 @@ static void smr_dsa_copy_sar(struct smr_freestack *sar_pool,
 	dsa_cmd_context->op = cmd->msg.hdr.op;
 }
 
-static void dsa_handle_page_fault(struct dsa_completion_record *comp)
-{
-	volatile char *fault_addr;
-
-	if (comp->status & DSA_COMP_PAGE_FAULT_NOBOF) {
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-value"
-		fault_addr = (char *)comp->fault_addr;
-
-		if (comp->status & DSA_COMP_STATUS_WRITE)
-			*fault_addr = *fault_addr;
-		else
-			*fault_addr;
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-	}
-}
 
 static void
 dsa_process_partially_completed_desc(struct smr_dsa_context *dsa_context,
@@ -542,8 +525,6 @@ dsa_process_partially_completed_desc(struct smr_dsa_context *dsa_context,
 	struct dsa_completion_record *comp =
 	    (struct dsa_completion_record *)dsa_descriptor->completion_addr;
 
-	dsa_handle_page_fault(comp);
-
 	bytes_completed = comp->bytes_completed;
 
 	// Update descriptor src & dst buffer based on copy direction; see 8.3.4
@@ -562,8 +543,7 @@ dsa_process_partially_completed_desc(struct smr_dsa_context *dsa_context,
 	dsa_prepare_copy_desc(dsa_descriptor, new_xfer_size,
 			       new_src_addr, new_dst_addr);
 
-	if (dsa_context->enable_dsa_page_touch)
-		dsa_touch_buffer_pages(dsa_descriptor);
+	dsa_touch_buffer_pages(dsa_descriptor);
 
 	dsa_desc_submit(dsa_context, dsa_descriptor);
 }
@@ -834,7 +814,6 @@ void smr_dsa_context_init(struct smr_ep *ep)
 	int wq_count;
 	struct smr_dsa_context *dsa_context;
 	unsigned int numa_node;
-	int enable_dsa_page_touch = 0;
 
 	cpu = sched_getcpu();
 	numa_node = numa_node_of_cpu(cpu);
@@ -851,9 +830,6 @@ void smr_dsa_context_init(struct smr_ep *ep)
 	dsa_context = ep->dsa_context;
 	memset(dsa_context, 0, sizeof(*dsa_context));
 
-	fi_param_get_bool(&smr_prov, "enable_dsa_page_touch",
-			  &enable_dsa_page_touch);
-
 	wq_count = dsa_idxd_init_wq_array(1, numa_node,
 				      dsa_context->wq_portal);
 
@@ -870,7 +846,6 @@ void smr_dsa_context_init(struct smr_ep *ep)
 
 	dsa_context->next_wq = 0;
 	dsa_context->wq_count = wq_count;
-	dsa_context->enable_dsa_page_touch = enable_dsa_page_touch;
 
 	FI_DBG(&smr_prov, FI_LOG_EP_CTRL, "Numa node of endpoint CPU: %d\n",
 			numa_node);
diff --git a/prov/shm/src/smr_init.c b/prov/shm/src/smr_init.c
index b665b94ff75..3f2c6656637 100644
--- a/prov/shm/src/smr_init.c
+++ b/prov/shm/src/smr_init.c
@@ -219,10 +219,6 @@ SHM_INI
 			"Manually disables CMA. Default: false");
 	fi_param_define(&smr_prov, "use_dsa_sar", FI_PARAM_BOOL,
 			"Enable use of DSA in SAR protocol. Default: false");
-	fi_param_define(&smr_prov, "enable_dsa_page_touch", FI_PARAM_BOOL,
-			"Enable CPU touching of memory pages in DSA command \
-			 descriptor when page fault is reported. \
-			 Default: false");
 	fi_param_define(&smr_prov, "use_xpmem", FI_PARAM_BOOL,
 			"Enable XPMEM over CMA when possible "
 			"(default: false)");