diff --git a/etc/octavia.conf b/etc/octavia.conf
index e05415f323..f2daf1801a 100644
--- a/etc/octavia.conf
+++ b/etc/octavia.conf
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@
 # password =
 
 [networking]
-# Network to communicate with amphora
-# lb_network_name =
 # The maximum attempts to retry an action with the networking service.
 # max_retries = 15
 # Seconds to wait before retrying an action with the networking service.
diff --git a/octavia/common/config.py b/octavia/common/config.py
index 354bd97e3b..8ccbae9a25 100644
--- a/octavia/common/config.py
+++ b/octavia/common/config.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ amphora_agent_opts = [
 ]
 
 networking_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('lb_network_name', help=_('Name of amphora internal network')),
     cfg.IntOpt('max_retries', default=15,
                help=_('The maximum attempts to retry an action with the '
                       'networking service.')),
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py b/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py
index 0d57273502..c74ab952a9 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class TestNovaClient(base.TestCase):
         conf = self.useFixture(oslo_fixture.Config(cfg.CONF))
         self.conf = conf
         self.net_name = "lb-mgmt-net"
-        conf.config(group="networking", lb_network_name=self.net_name)
         conf.config(group="controller_worker",
                     amp_boot_network_list=['1', '2'])
         self.conf = conf