diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c7328abf21..580d5832ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ git-annex (8.20210128) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     verification itself.
   * Checksum as content is received from a remote git-annex repository
     over ssh/p2p protocols, rather than doing it in a second pass.
+  * Bugfix: fsck --from a ssh remote did not actually check that the
+    content on the remote is not corrupted.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:34:32 -0400
 
diff --git a/Remote/Git.hs b/Remote/Git.hs
index 0964299fa0..43255ec32d 100644
--- a/Remote/Git.hs
+++ b/Remote/Git.hs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ gen r u rc gc rs
 			, name = Git.repoDescribe r
 			, storeKey = copyToRemote new st
 			, retrieveKeyFile = copyFromRemote new st
-			, retrieveKeyFileCheap = copyFromRemoteCheap new st r
+			, retrieveKeyFileCheap = copyFromRemoteCheap st r
 			, retrievalSecurityPolicy = RetrievalAllKeysSecure
 			, removeKey = dropKey new st
 			, lockContent = Just (lockKey new st)
@@ -635,9 +635,9 @@ copyFromRemote'' repo forcersync r st@(State connpool _ _ _ _) key file dest met
 		bracketIO noop (const cleanup) (const $ a feeder)
 			`onException` liftIO forcestop
 
-copyFromRemoteCheap :: Remote -> State -> Git.Repo -> Maybe (Key -> AssociatedFile -> FilePath -> Annex ())
+copyFromRemoteCheap :: State -> Git.Repo -> Maybe (Key -> AssociatedFile -> FilePath -> Annex ())
 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
-copyFromRemoteCheap r st repo
+copyFromRemoteCheap st repo
 	| not $ Git.repoIsUrl repo = Just $ \key _af file -> guardUsable repo (giveup "cannot access remote") $ do
 		gc <- getGitConfigFromState st
 		loc <- liftIO $ gitAnnexLocation key repo gc
@@ -647,11 +647,6 @@ copyFromRemoteCheap r st repo
 				R.createSymbolicLink absloc (toRawFilePath file)
 			, giveup "remote does not contain key"
 			)
-	| Git.repoIsSsh repo = Just $ \key af file ->
-		ifM (Annex.Content.preseedTmp key file)
-			( void $ copyFromRemote' True r st key af file nullMeterUpdate
-			, giveup "cannot preseed rsync with existing content"
-			)
 	| otherwise = Nothing
 #else
 copyFromRemoteCheap _ _ _ = Nothing