diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 722eabb402..61ef64bab7 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -438,10 +438,6 @@ function create_nova_conf {
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT s3_host "$SERVICE_HOST"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT s3_port "$S3_SERVICE_PORT"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT my_ip "$HOST_IP"
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT osapi_compute_workers "4"
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ec2_workers "4"
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT metadata_workers "4"
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF conductor workers "4"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT sql_connection `database_connection_url nova`
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT instance_name_template "${INSTANCE_NAME_PREFIX}%08x"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF osapi_v3 enabled "True"