diff --git a/src/common/config_opts.h b/src/common/config_opts.h
index 98e81f230c9..19aafd60d4e 100644
--- a/src/common/config_opts.h
+++ b/src/common/config_opts.h
@@ -1124,7 +1124,6 @@ OPTION(bluestore_fsck_on_umount_deep, OPT_BOOL, true)
 OPTION(bluestore_fsck_on_mkfs, OPT_BOOL, true)
 OPTION(bluestore_fsck_on_mkfs_deep, OPT_BOOL, false)
 OPTION(bluestore_sync_submit_transaction, OPT_BOOL, false) // submit kv txn in queueing thread (not kv_sync_thread)
-OPTION(bluestore_max_ops, OPT_U64, 512)
 OPTION(bluestore_max_bytes, OPT_U64, 64*1024*1024)
 OPTION(bluestore_throttle_cost_per_io_hdd, OPT_U64, 1500000)
 OPTION(bluestore_throttle_cost_per_io_ssd, OPT_U64, 4000)
diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
index b08a7bcab8e..00c5168caef 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
@@ -3259,7 +3259,6 @@ const char **BlueStore::get_tracked_conf_keys() const
     "bleustore_deferred_batch_ops",
     "bleustore_deferred_batch_ops_hdd",
     "bleustore_deferred_batch_ops_ssd",
-    "bluestore_max_ops",
     "bluestore_max_bytes",
     "bluestore_deferred_max_ops",
     "bluestore_deferred_max_bytes",