diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
index dd285796e5..e1faf71a6d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ bind_host = {{ api_interface_address }}
 host_href = {{ barbican_public_endpoint }}
 
 backlog = 4096
-max_allowed_secret_in_bytes = 10000
 max_allowed_request_size_in_bytes = 1000000
 
 db_auto_create = False
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/barbican-max-allowed-secret-size-1941307ab5d2a9fd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/barbican-max-allowed-secret-size-1941307ab5d2a9fd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97f343ed96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/barbican-max-allowed-secret-size-1941307ab5d2a9fd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Removes custom value of ``max_allowed_secret_in_bytes`` in
+    ``barbican.conf``. The default maximum size in Barbican was doubled to
+    avoid issues with some certificates.
+    `LP #1957795 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla-ansible/+bug/1957795>`__