diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8c8a4794..6080122c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ nova_console_type: spice
 ## Nova global config
 nova_cpu_mode: host-model
 nova_linuxnet_interface_driver: nova.network.linux_net.NeutronLinuxBridgeInterfaceDriver
-nova_libvirt_vif_driver: nova.virt.libvirt.vif.NeutronLinuxBridgeVIFDriver
 nova_firewall_driver: nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
 nova_compute_driver: libvirt.LibvirtDriver
 nova_max_age: 0
diff --git a/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/templates/nova.conf.j2
index a7257e63..4d4553da 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ auth_strategy = keystone
 
 ## Vif
 linuxnet_interface_driver = {{ nova_linuxnet_interface_driver }}
-libvirt_vif_driver = {{ nova_libvirt_vif_driver }}
 libvirt_vif_type = ethernet
 vif_plugging_timeout = 10
 vif_plugging_is_fatal = False
@@ -221,7 +220,6 @@ rabbit_hosts = {{ rabbitmq_servers }}
 
 
 [libvirt]
-vif_driver = {{ nova_libvirt_vif_driver }}
 inject_partition = {{ nova_libvirt_inject_partition }}
 inject_password = {{ nova_libvirt_inject_password }}
 inject_key = {{ nova_libvirt_inject_key }}