diff --git a/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml b/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml
index f9a8a50ce87..f0d9070cad8 100644
--- a/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # see http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/20360 and http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/18126
 tasks:
 - install:
-    flavor: notcmalloc
 - ceph:
 - tox: [ client.0 ]
 - keystone: