diff --git a/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/templates/zuul-executor.defaults.j2 b/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/templates/zuul-executor.defaults.j2
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index 9a4656b241..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/zuul-executor/templates/zuul-executor.defaults.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-PIDFILE=/var/run/zuul/executor.pid
-{% if ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '<') %}
-export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.1
-{% endif %}