diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index c93b8b3923..8e641521a0 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ fi
 SWIFT_LOOPBACK_DISK_SIZE=${SWIFT_LOOPBACK_DISK_SIZE:-1000000}
 
 # Set ``SWIFT_EXTRAS_MIDDLEWARE`` to extras middlewares.
-# Default is ``staticweb, tempurl, bulk, formpost``
-SWIFT_EXTRAS_MIDDLEWARE=${SWIFT_EXTRAS_MIDDLEWARE:-tempurl formpost staticweb bulk}
+# Default is ``staticweb, tempurl, formpost``
+SWIFT_EXTRAS_MIDDLEWARE=${SWIFT_EXTRAS_MIDDLEWARE:-tempurl formpost staticweb}
 
 # The ring uses a configurable number of bits from a path’s MD5 hash as
 # a partition index that designates a device. The number of bits kept