diff --git a/lib/neutron b/lib/neutron
index a86d83e170..9e6a80cf08 100644
--- a/lib/neutron
+++ b/lib/neutron
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ function configure_neutron_rootwrap {
 # if not passed $NOVA_CONF is used.
 function configure_neutron_nova_new {
     local conf=${1:-$NOVA_CONF}
-    iniset $conf DEFAULT use_neutron True
     iniset $conf neutron auth_type "password"
     iniset $conf neutron auth_url "$KEYSTONE_SERVICE_URI"
     iniset $conf neutron username neutron
diff --git a/lib/neutron-legacy b/lib/neutron-legacy
index f0bdcf1da7..3d39d41b7e 100644
--- a/lib/neutron-legacy
+++ b/lib/neutron-legacy
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ function configure_mutnauq {
 
 function create_nova_conf_neutron {
     local conf=${1:-$NOVA_CONF}
-    iniset $conf DEFAULT use_neutron True
     iniset $conf neutron auth_type "password"
     iniset $conf neutron auth_url "$KEYSTONE_AUTH_URI"
     iniset $conf neutron username "$Q_ADMIN_USERNAME"