Index: options.c
--- options.c.orig
+++ options.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ void build_fuse_args (const char *options, const char 
   static char MINUS_D[] = "-d";
   static char MINUS_F[] = "-f";
   static char MINUS_O[] = "-o";
-  static char MAX_READ[] = "max_read=32768";
 
   assert (NULL != mountpoint);
   static char *argv[MAXARGS];
@@ -167,9 +166,6 @@ void build_fuse_args (const char *options, const char 
   if (nofork)
 #endif
     argv[argc++] = MINUS_F;
-
-  argv[argc++] = MINUS_O;
-  argv[argc++] = MAX_READ;
 
   if ((NULL != options) && ('\0' != options[0]))
   {
