diff --git a/manifests/compute/ironic.pp b/manifests/compute/ironic.pp
index 5b7393c8b..88497fa72 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/ironic.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/ironic.pp
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ class nova::compute::ironic (
   if $max_concurrent_builds != undef {
     warning('The nova::compute::ironic::max_concurrent_builds parameter is deprecated \
 and will be removed in a future release. Use nova::compute::max_concurrent_builds instead.')
-    nova_config {
-    'DEFAULT/max_concurrent_builds': value => $max_concurrent_builds;
-    }
   }
 
 }