diff --git a/manifests/db.pp b/manifests/db.pp
index b2b83088..d787029e 100644
--- a/manifests/db.pp
+++ b/manifests/db.pp
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class barbican::db (
   }
 
   # TODO(aschultz): Remove this config once barbican properly leverages oslo
-  $database_pool_size_real = pick($::barbican::database_pool_size, $database_pool_size)
   barbican_config {
     'DEFAULT/sql_connection':        value => $database_connection, secret => true;
     'DEFAULT/sql_idle_timeout':      value => $database_idle_timeout;