diff --git a/nomad/core_sched.go b/nomad/core_sched.go
index 98d1f0a58dd..0c92a027718 100644
--- a/nomad/core_sched.go
+++ b/nomad/core_sched.go
@@ -774,10 +774,10 @@ func (c *CoreScheduler) volumeClaimReap(jobs []*structs.Job, leaderACL string) e
 
 				collectFunc := func(allocs map[string]*structs.Allocation) {
 					for _, alloc := range allocs {
-						// we call denormalize on the volume above to make sure the Allocation
-						// pointer in PastAllocs isn't nil. But the alloc might have been
-						// garbage collected concurrently, so if the alloc is still nil we can
-						// safely skip it.
+						// we call denormalize on the volume above to populate
+						// Allocation pointers. But the alloc might have been
+						// garbage collected concurrently, so if the alloc is
+						// still nil we can safely skip it.
 						if alloc == nil {
 							continue
 						}
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ func (c *CoreScheduler) volumeClaimReap(jobs []*structs.Job, leaderACL string) e
 				req := &structs.CSIVolumeClaimRequest{
 					VolumeID:   volID,
 					Allocation: nil, // unpublish never uses this field
-					Claim:      structs.CSIVolumeClaimGC,
+					Claim:      structs.CSIVolumeClaimRelease,
 					WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{
 						Region:    job.Region,
 						Namespace: job.Namespace,
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index 96cc3ae6a4b..4980382a6f7 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -1929,14 +1929,6 @@ func (s *StateStore) CSIVolumeDenormalize(ws memdb.WatchSet, vol *structs.CSIVol
 		vol.WriteAllocs[id] = a
 	}
 
-	for id := range vol.PastAllocs {
-		a, err := s.AllocByID(ws, id)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		vol.PastAllocs[id] = a
-	}
-
 	return vol, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/nomad/structs/csi.go b/nomad/structs/csi.go
index cdfb6436e85..c9c78add004 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/csi.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/csi.go
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ type CSIVolume struct {
 	// Allocations, tracking claim status
 	ReadAllocs  map[string]*Allocation
 	WriteAllocs map[string]*Allocation
-	PastAllocs  map[string]*Allocation
 
 	// Healthy is true if all the denormalized plugin health fields are true, and the
 	// volume has not been marked for garbage collection
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ func (v *CSIVolume) newStructs() {
 
 	v.ReadAllocs = map[string]*Allocation{}
 	v.WriteAllocs = map[string]*Allocation{}
-	v.PastAllocs = map[string]*Allocation{}
 }
 
 func (v *CSIVolume) Stub() *CSIVolListStub {
@@ -265,10 +263,6 @@ func (v *CSIVolume) Copy() *CSIVolume {
 		out.WriteAllocs[k] = v
 	}
 
-	for k, v := range v.PastAllocs {
-		out.PastAllocs[k] = v
-	}
-
 	return out
 }
 
@@ -281,8 +275,6 @@ func (v *CSIVolume) Claim(claim CSIVolumeClaimMode, alloc *Allocation) bool {
 		return v.ClaimWrite(alloc)
 	case CSIVolumeClaimRelease:
 		return v.ClaimRelease(alloc)
-	case CSIVolumeClaimGC:
-		return v.ClaimGC(alloc)
 	}
 	return false
 }
@@ -296,7 +288,6 @@ func (v *CSIVolume) ClaimRead(alloc *Allocation) bool {
 	// pointer. We'll get it from the db in denormalize.
 	v.ReadAllocs[alloc.ID] = nil
 	delete(v.WriteAllocs, alloc.ID)
-	delete(v.PastAllocs, alloc.ID)
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -309,7 +300,6 @@ func (v *CSIVolume) ClaimWrite(alloc *Allocation) bool {
 	// pointer. We'll get it from the db in denormalize.
 	v.WriteAllocs[alloc.ID] = nil
 	delete(v.ReadAllocs, alloc.ID)
-	delete(v.PastAllocs, alloc.ID)
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -317,17 +307,6 @@ func (v *CSIVolume) ClaimWrite(alloc *Allocation) bool {
 func (v *CSIVolume) ClaimRelease(alloc *Allocation) bool {
 	delete(v.ReadAllocs, alloc.ID)
 	delete(v.WriteAllocs, alloc.ID)
-	// Allocations are copy on write, so we want to keep the id but don't need the
-	// pointer. We'll get it from the db in denormalize.
-	v.PastAllocs[alloc.ID] = nil
-	return true
-}
-
-// ClaimGC is called on Allocation gc, by following the alloc's pointer back to the volume
-func (v *CSIVolume) ClaimGC(alloc *Allocation) bool {
-	delete(v.ReadAllocs, alloc.ID)
-	delete(v.WriteAllocs, alloc.ID)
-	delete(v.PastAllocs, alloc.ID)
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -426,7 +405,6 @@ const (
 	CSIVolumeClaimRead CSIVolumeClaimMode = iota
 	CSIVolumeClaimWrite
 	CSIVolumeClaimRelease
-	CSIVolumeClaimGC
 )
 
 type CSIVolumeClaimRequest struct {