diff --git a/libusbhost/usbhost.c b/libusbhost/usbhost.c
index 07d60e912..415488fc0 100644
--- a/libusbhost/usbhost.c
+++ b/libusbhost/usbhost.c
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@
 // Some devices fail to send string descriptors if we attempt reading > 255 bytes
 #define MAX_STRING_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH    255
 
-// From drivers/usb/core/devio.c
-// I don't know why this isn't in a kernel header
-#define MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE   16384
-
 #define MAX_USBFS_WD_COUNT      10
 
 struct usb_host_context {
@@ -675,10 +671,6 @@ int usb_device_bulk_transfer(struct usb_device *device,
 {
     struct usbdevfs_bulktransfer  ctrl;
 
-    // need to limit request size to avoid EINVAL
-    if (length > MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE)
-        length = MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE;
-
     memset(&ctrl, 0, sizeof(ctrl));
     ctrl.ep = endpoint;
     ctrl.len = length;
@@ -738,11 +730,7 @@ int usb_request_queue(struct usb_request *req)
 
     urb->status = -1;
     urb->buffer = req->buffer;
-    // need to limit request size to avoid EINVAL
-    if (req->buffer_length > MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE)
-        urb->buffer_length = MAX_USBFS_BUFFER_SIZE;
-    else
-        urb->buffer_length = req->buffer_length;
+    urb->buffer_length = req->buffer_length;
 
     do {
         res = ioctl(req->dev->fd, USBDEVFS_SUBMITURB, urb);