diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
index 6297030..73edd93 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
@@ -246,24 +246,8 @@
   case APP_READ_REQUEST:
     // We are done reading the request, package the read buffer into transport
     // and get back some data from the dispatch function
-    // If we've used these transport buffers enough times, reset them to avoid bloating
-
     inputTransport_->resetBuffer(readBuffer_, readBufferPos_);
-    ++numReadsSinceReset_;
-    if (numWritesSinceReset_ < 512) {
-      outputTransport_->resetBuffer();
-    } else {
-      // reset the capacity of the output transport if we used it enough times that it might be bloated
-      try {
-        outputTransport_->resetBuffer(true);
-        numWritesSinceReset_ = 0;
-      } catch (TTransportException &ttx) {
-        GlobalOutput.printf("TTransportException: TMemoryBuffer::resetBuffer() %s", ttx.what());
-        close();
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-
+    outputTransport_->resetBuffer();
     // Prepend four bytes of blank space to the buffer so we can
     // write the frame size there later.
     outputTransport_->getWritePtr(4);
@@ -359,27 +343,11 @@
 
   case APP_SEND_RESULT:
 
-    ++numWritesSinceReset_;
-
     // N.B.: We also intentionally fall through here into the INIT state!
 
   LABEL_APP_INIT:
   case APP_INIT:
 
-    // reset the input buffer if we used it enough times that it might be bloated
-    if (numReadsSinceReset_ > 512)
-    {
-      void * new_buffer = std::realloc(readBuffer_, 1024);
-      if (new_buffer == NULL) {
-        GlobalOutput("TConnection::transition() realloc");
-        close();
-        return;
-      }
-      readBuffer_ = (uint8_t*) new_buffer;
-      readBufferSize_ = 1024;
-      numReadsSinceReset_ = 0;
-    }
-
     // Clear write buffer variables
     writeBuffer_ = NULL;
     writeBufferPos_ = 0;
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.h b/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.h
index ac0e345..3ad49c1 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/server/TNonblockingServer.h
@@ -626,12 +626,6 @@
   /// How far through writing are we?
   uint32_t writeBufferPos_;
 
-  /// How many times have we read since our last buffer reset?
-  uint32_t numReadsSinceReset_;
-
-  /// How many times have we written since our last buffer reset?
-  uint32_t numWritesSinceReset_;
-
   /// Task handle
   int taskHandle_;
 
@@ -706,9 +700,6 @@
     }
     readBufferSize_ = STARTING_CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
-    numReadsSinceReset_ = 0;
-    numWritesSinceReset_ = 0;
-
     // Allocate input and output tranpsorts
     // these only need to be allocated once per TConnection (they don't need to be
     // reallocated on init() call)
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TBufferTransports.h b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TBufferTransports.h
index 13ec3b0..531c1b7 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TBufferTransports.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TBufferTransports.h
@@ -591,23 +591,7 @@
     str.append((char*)buf, sz);
   }
 
-  void resetBuffer(bool reset_capacity = false) {
-    if (reset_capacity)
-    {
-      assert(owner_);
-
-      void* new_buffer = std::realloc(buffer_, defaultSize);
-
-      if (new_buffer == NULL) {
-        throw TTransportException("Out of memory.");
-      }
-
-      buffer_ = (uint8_t*) new_buffer;
-      bufferSize_ = defaultSize;
-
-      wBound_ = buffer_ + bufferSize_;
-    }
-
+  void resetBuffer() {
     rBase_ = buffer_;
     rBound_ = buffer_;
     wBase_ = buffer_;