diff --git a/deployment/timesync/chrony-ansible.yaml b/deployment/timesync/chrony-ansible.yaml
index fd3410f071..f11a4f7db4 100644
--- a/deployment/timesync/chrony-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/timesync/chrony-ansible.yaml
@@ -40,13 +40,9 @@ parameters:
                  not configuring this parameter by default.
     type: comma_delimited_list
   NtpPool:
-    default: ['pool.ntp.org']
-    description: NTP pool list. Defaulted to pool.ntp.org in order to
-                 have a sane default for Pacemaker deployments when
-                 not configuring this parameter by default. If configured,
-                 NtpPool takes precedence over NtpServer when using NtpPool.
-                 Set to [] if you wish to only use the NtpServer configuration
-                 and ignore the NtpPool option.
+    default: []
+    description: NTP pool list.  Defaults to [], so only NtpServer is used by
+                 default.
     type: comma_delimited_list
   ChronyGlobalServerOptions:
     default: ''