diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f2a3c4..97d29fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The program currently supports:
 - Linux Mint 19.x, 20
 - ElementaryOS 5.1
 
-The ZFS version installed is 0.8, which supports native encryption and trimming (among the other improvements over 0.7). The required repositories are automatically added to the destination system.
+The ZFS version installed is 0.8 (optionally, 2.x), which supports native encryption and trimming (among the other improvements over 0.7). The required repositories are automatically added to the destination system.
 
 EFI boot is required (any modern (2011+) system will do); legacy boot is currently not supported.
 
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ The advantages of this project over the Ubuntu installer are:
 1. it supports pools configuration;
 1. it allows specifying the RAID type;
 1. it allows customization of the disk partitions;
-1. it supports additional features (e.g. encryption);
+1. it supports additional features (e.g. encryption and trimming);
 1. it supports new OpenZFS versions, via PPA `jonathonf/zfs`.
 1. it supports many more operating systems;
 1. it supports unattended installations, via custom scripts;
-1. it installs a convenient trimming job for ZFS pools;
 1. it's easy to extend.
 
 The disadvantages are:
diff --git a/install-zfs.sh b/install-zfs.sh
index 29bd464..96bfd68 100755
--- a/install-zfs.sh
+++ b/install-zfs.sh
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ function invoke {
 #
 function hot_swap_script {
   if [[ -f $c_hotswap_file ]]; then
+    # shellcheck disable=1090 # can't follow; the file might not exist anyway.
     source "$c_hotswap_file"
   fi
 }
@@ -1339,43 +1340,6 @@ function fix_filesystem_mount_ordering {
   chroot_execute "sed -Ei 's|$c_zfs_mount_dir/?|/|' /etc/zfs/zfs-list.cache/*"
 }
 
-# We don't care about synchronizing with the `fstrim` service for two reasons:
-#
-# - we assume that there are no other (significantly) large filesystems;
-# - trimming is fast (takes minutes on a 1 TB disk).
-#
-# The code is a straight copy of the `fstrim` service.
-#
-function configure_pools_trimming {
-  chroot_execute "cat > /lib/systemd/system/zfs-trim.service << UNIT
-[Unit]
-Description=Discard unused ZFS blocks
-ConditionVirtualization=!container
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/sbin/zpool trim $c_bpool_name
-ExecStart=/sbin/zpool trim $v_rpool_name
-UNIT"
-
-  chroot_execute "  cat > /lib/systemd/system/zfs-trim.timer << TIMER
-[Unit]
-Description=Discard unused ZFS blocks once a week
-ConditionVirtualization=!container
-
-[Timer]
-OnCalendar=weekly
-AccuracySec=1h
-Persistent=true
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=timers.target
-TIMER"
-
-  chroot_execute "systemctl daemon-reload"
-  chroot_execute "systemctl enable zfs-trim.timer"
-}
-
 function configure_remaining_settings {
   [[ $v_swap_size -gt 0 ]] && chroot_execute "echo /dev/zvol/$v_rpool_name/swap none swap discard 0 0 >> /etc/fstab" || true
   chroot_execute "echo RESUME=none > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume"
@@ -1480,7 +1444,6 @@ invoke "configure_and_update_grub"
 invoke "sync_efi_partitions"
 invoke "update_initramfs"
 invoke "fix_filesystem_mount_ordering"
-invoke "configure_pools_trimming"
 invoke "configure_remaining_settings"
 
 invoke "prepare_for_system_exit"