diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
index 60834fff4a..47770893c1 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ metadata_workers = {{ openstack_service_workers }}
 metadata_listen = {{ api_interface_address }}
 metadata_listen_port = {{ nova_metadata_listen_port }}
 
-# NOTE(mgoddard): This option has been deprecated but RDO sets a different
-# default value for it in /usr/share/nova/nova-dist.conf which causes the
-# ironic virt driver to fail to load. See
-# https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla-ansible/+bug/1701564.
-firewall_driver = nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
-
 allow_resize_to_same_host = true
 
 {% if service_name == "nova-compute-ironic" %}