diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/external_sort/mod.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/external_sort/mod.rs
index fae00fb72..9f3eb3776 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/external_sort/mod.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/external_sort/mod.rs
@@ -212,9 +212,13 @@ where
             }
 
             // initialize buffers for each chunk
-            iter.max_per_chunk = adjusted_buffer_size
-                .checked_div(iter.chunks)
-                .unwrap_or(adjusted_buffer_size);
+            // iter.max_per_chunk = adjusted_buffer_size
+            //       .checked_div(iter.chunks)
+            //       .unwrap_or(adjusted_buffer_size);
+            //
+            // 
+            //
+            iter.max_per_chunk = adjusted_buffer_size;
             iter.buffers = vec![VecDeque::new(); iter.chunks as usize];
             iter.chunk_offsets = vec![0 as u64; iter.chunks as usize];
             for chunk_num in 0..iter.chunks {
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index c24d930dc..ea7d36bae 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -1299,19 +1299,10 @@ fn compare_by(a: &Line, b: &Line, global_settings: &GlobalSettings) -> Ordering
                     (a_str, a_selection.num_cache.as_num_info()),
                     (b_str, b_selection.num_cache.as_num_info()),
                 ),
-                // serde JSON has issues with f64 null values, so caching them won't work for us with ext sort
                 SortMode::GeneralNumeric => {
-                    if global_settings.buffer_size == DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE {
-                        general_numeric_compare(
-                            a_selection.num_cache.as_f64(),
-                            b_selection.num_cache.as_f64(),
-                        )
-                    } else {
-                        general_numeric_compare(
-                            general_f64_parse(&a_str[get_leading_gen(a_str)]),
-                            general_f64_parse(&b_str[get_leading_gen(b_str)]),
-                        )
-                    }
+                         general_numeric_compare(
+                             general_f64_parse(&a_str[get_leading_gen(a_str)]),
+                             general_f64_parse(&b_str[get_leading_gen(b_str)]),)
                 }
                 SortMode::Month => month_compare(a_str, b_str),
                 SortMode::Version => version_compare(a_str, b_str),