diff --git a/ceph-rgw/values.yaml b/ceph-rgw/values.yaml
index 3f3bbc6d01..4728c07a33 100644
--- a/ceph-rgw/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph-rgw/values.yaml
@@ -453,7 +453,6 @@ conf:
       # NOTE (JCL): See http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/24937
       # NOTE (JCL): See https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/24551
       rgw_dynamic_resharding: false
-      rgw_num_rados_handles: 4
       rgw_override_bucket_index_max_shards: 8
   rgw_restart:
     timeout: 600