diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
index 3c48252809..585da77ddc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
@@ -121,19 +121,14 @@ openstack_cinder_auth: "{{ openstack_auth }}"
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 cinder_backends:
   - name: "rbd-1"
-    driver: "ceph"
     enabled: "{{ enable_ceph | bool and cinder_backend_ceph | bool }}"
   - name: "lvm-1"
-    driver: "lvm"
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_lvm | bool }}"
   - name: "nfs-1"
-    driver: "nfs"
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_nfs | bool }}"
   - name: "hnas-iscsi"
-    driver: "hnas_iscsi"
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_hnas_iscsi | bool }}"
   - name: "hnas-nfs"
-    driver: "hnas_nfs"
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_hnas_nfs | bool }}"
 
 cinder_enabled_backends: "{{ cinder_backends|selectattr('enabled', 'equalto', true)|list }}"