diff --git a/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-dvr-multinode-scenario/run.yaml b/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-dvr-multinode-scenario/run.yaml
index 2102bb59..a9ce3e00 100644
--- a/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-dvr-multinode-scenario/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-dvr-multinode-scenario/run.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_CONFIGDRIVE=0
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_REGEX="(neutron_tempest_plugin.scenario)"
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG="enable_plugin neutron-tempest-plugin git://git.openstack.org/openstack/neutron-tempest-plugin"
-          export TEMPEST_CONCURRENCY=2
           # Test DVR works multinode
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_NEUTRON_DVR=1
           export BRANCH_OVERRIDE=default
diff --git a/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-scenario-linuxbridge/run.yaml b/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-scenario-linuxbridge/run.yaml
index 65e8b122..02cdf83f 100644
--- a/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-scenario-linuxbridge/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/neutron-tempest-plugin-scenario-linuxbridge/run.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
               export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE
           fi
 
-          export TEMPEST_CONCURRENCY=2
           export PROJECTS="openstack/neutron-tempest-plugin $PROJECTS"
           function gate_hook {
               bash -xe $BASE/new/neutron/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh dsvm-scenario-linuxbridge dvrskip