diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c85bbf73..8dea5e3a 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ octavia_amp_vcpu: 1
 octavia_amp_disk: 20
 #octavia_amp_extra_specs:
 
-# spare pool - increase to speed up load balancer creation and fail over
-octavia_spare_amphora_pool_size: 1
-
 # only increase when it's a really busy system since this is by deployed host,
 # e.g. 3 hosts, 5 workers (this param) per host, results in 15 worker total
 octavia_task_flow_max_workers: 5
diff --git a/doc/source/configure-octavia.rst b/doc/source/configure-octavia.rst
index 75657647..0bc002d0 100644
--- a/doc/source/configure-octavia.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configure-octavia.rst
@@ -221,10 +221,3 @@ by adding ``octavia_loadbalancer_topology: ACTIVE_STANDBY`` and
 ``octavia_enable_anti_affinity=True`` to ensure that the active and passive
 amphora are (depending on the anti-affinity filter deployed in nova)  on two
 different hosts to the user file in /etc/openstack-deploy
-
-To speed up the creation of load balancers or in a SINGLE topolgy
-to speed up the failover a spare pool can be used.
-The variable ``octavia_spare_amphora_pool_size`` controls
-the size of the pool. The system will try
-to prebuild this number so using too big a number will
-consumes a lot of unnecessary resources.
diff --git a/templates/octavia.conf.j2 b/templates/octavia.conf.j2
index 3f0b798a..4f730078 100644
--- a/templates/octavia.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/octavia.conf.j2
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ loadbalancer_topology = {{ octavia_loadbalancer_topology }}
 # engine = serial
 max_workers = {{ octavia_task_flow_max_workers }}
 
-[house_keeping]
-spare_amphora_pool_size = {{ octavia_spare_amphora_pool_size }}
-
 
 [service_auth]
 insecure = {{ keystone_service_internaluri_insecure | bool }}