diff --git a/tests/templates/globals-default.j2 b/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
index 06fc06c22f..a8b0d3d76a 100644
--- a/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ docker_custom_config:
 distro_python_version: "{{ kolla_python_version }}"
 {% endif %}
 
-# Use a random router id, otherwise it may result in the same router id
-# in the CI gate.
-keepalived_virtual_router_id: "{{ 250 | random(1) }}"
-
 # MariaDB/Galera - fine tune gmcast.peer_timeout
 mariadb_wsrep_extra_provider_options:
   - "gmcast.peer_timeout=PT15S"