diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 8220e0f10b..0a091e3e60 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ SCHEDULER=${SCHEDULER:-filter_scheduler}
 
 # The following NOVA_FILTERS contains SameHostFilter and DifferentHostFilter with
 # the default filters.
-NOVA_FILTERS="RetryFilter,AvailabilityZoneFilter,ComputeFilter,ComputeCapabilitiesFilter,ImagePropertiesFilter,ServerGroupAntiAffinityFilter,ServerGroupAffinityFilter,SameHostFilter,DifferentHostFilter"
+NOVA_FILTERS="AvailabilityZoneFilter,ComputeFilter,ComputeCapabilitiesFilter,ImagePropertiesFilter,ServerGroupAntiAffinityFilter,ServerGroupAffinityFilter,SameHostFilter,DifferentHostFilter"
 
 QEMU_CONF=/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf