diff --git a/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.cpp b/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.cpp
index 55ec8865e0745c90f7d80a5b93b48b07d0f4fc74..78590a7eb5c7475c93c5377c76645d26c8a11936 100644
--- a/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bool BufferedStreamMgr::init()
 	if (_inputStreamMgr->isGzipped()) {
 		_useBufSize = GZIP_LINE_BUF_SIZE;
 	} else {
-		_useBufSize =  MAIN_BUF_READ_SIZE;
+		_useBufSize =  67108863; //64Mb -1
 	}
 
 	size_t trueBufSize = max(_useBufSize, (int)_currScanBuffer.size());
diff --git a/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.h b/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.h
index 424766c5b3864c9f1e60a193a953610196ddc84b..ca9d2545d89488b353a9fc8a5edcabd30f1f5db5 100644
--- a/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.h
+++ b/src/utils/FileRecordTools/FileReaders/BufferedStreamMgr.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public:
 	bool init();
 
 	const FileRecordTypeChecker & getTypeChecker() const { return _typeChecker; }
-//	istream *getStream() { return _inputStreamMgr->getFinalStream(); }
 
 	bool eof() const { return _eof; }
 	bool getLine(QuickString &line);
@@ -44,12 +43,10 @@ private:
 	bool _streamFinished;
 	QuickString _currScanBuffer;
 	//The minus ones in these constants are for leaving room for a null terminator after reading into buffers.
-	static const int MAIN_BUF_READ_SIZE = 67108863; //64 Mb minus 1
-	static const int TYPE_CHECK_READ_SIZE = 4095; // 4K
+//	static const int MAIN_BUF_READ_SIZE = 2047; //64 Mb minus 1
 	static const int GZIP_LINE_BUF_SIZE = 8191; // 8K
 	bool readFileChunk();
 	bool getTypeData();
-//	void resetStream();
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/utils/FileRecordTools/RecordOutputMgr.h b/src/utils/FileRecordTools/RecordOutputMgr.h
index 1bb8bbfcadb4f84e98a9a2039a63f3e33d618bd1..cb1bbdfc7982bf6dfb0aeea5e3d95cf7e5576ba9 100644
--- a/src/utils/FileRecordTools/RecordOutputMgr.h
+++ b/src/utils/FileRecordTools/RecordOutputMgr.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ private:
 	void reportOverlapDetail(const Record *keyRecord, const Record *hitRecord);
 	void reportOverlapSummary(RecordKeyList &keyList);
 
-	static const unsigned int MAX_OUTBUF_SIZE = 16384; //16 K
+	static const unsigned int MAX_OUTBUF_SIZE = 16386; //16 K
 	bool needsFlush() const { return _outBuf.size() >= MAX_OUTBUF_SIZE *.9; }
 	void flush();
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h b/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h
index 4eb3663bd1c9b5d06688e4e98028621e7813ac51..6d598acea456c8a2e5852a97ca8c3dacd0d72b4e 100644
--- a/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h
+++ b/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ private:
 	vector<QuickString> _lines;
 	vector<QuickString> _currLineElems;
 	int _firstValidDataLineIdx;
-	static const int SCAN_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192; //8 KB buffer
 	int _numBytesInBuffer; //this will hold the length of the buffer after the scan.
 
 	int _numFields;