diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3api.py b/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3api.py
index fba1c7a94a..357a89d15f 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3api.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3api.py
@@ -280,9 +280,7 @@ class S3ApiMiddleware(object):
 
         self.logger = get_logger(
             conf, log_route=conf.get('log_name', 's3api'))
-        self.slo_enabled = self.conf.allow_multipart_uploads
         self.check_pipeline(self.conf)
-        self.conf.slo_enabled = self.slo_enabled
 
     def __call__(self, env, start_response):
         try:
@@ -350,8 +348,8 @@ class S3ApiMiddleware(object):
                                  pipeline.index('proxy-server')]
 
         # Check SLO middleware
-        if self.slo_enabled and 'slo' not in auth_pipeline:
-            self.slo_enabled = False
+        if self.conf.allow_multipart_uploads and 'slo' not in auth_pipeline:
+            self.conf.allow_multipart_uploads = False
             self.logger.warning('s3api middleware requires SLO middleware '
                                 'to support multi-part upload, please add it '
                                 'in pipeline')
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3request.py b/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3request.py
index 8aec3bf6f8..7337d87aa7 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3request.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/s3api/s3request.py
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ class S3Request(swob.Request):
         if self.is_service_request:
             return ServiceController
 
-        if not self.conf.slo_enabled:
+        if not self.conf.allow_multipart_uploads:
             multi_part = ['partNumber', 'uploadId', 'uploads']
             if len([p for p in multi_part if p in self.params]):
                 raise S3NotImplemented("Multi-part feature isn't support")
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/s3api/utils.py b/swift/common/middleware/s3api/utils.py
index 6dc692becd..8946c9e306 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/s3api/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/s3api/utils.py
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ def mktime(timestamp_str, time_format='%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'):
 
 class Config(dict):
     DEFAULTS = {
-        'slo_enabled': True,
         'storage_domain': '',
         'location': 'us-east-1',
         'force_swift_request_proxy_log': False,
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3api.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3api.py
index 79e72a04cb..9f9186dcca 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3api.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3api.py
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ class TestS3ApiMiddleware(S3ApiTestCase):
 
         # check all non-defaults are loaded
         conf = {
-            'slo_enabled': False,
             'storage_domain': 'somewhere',
             'location': 'us-west-1',
             'force_swift_request_proxy_log': True,
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3request.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3request.py
index 4fd400da00..6a532b737f 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3request.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_s3request.py
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ class TestSigV4Request(S3ApiTestCase):
         do_check_bad(Config({'location': 'us-east-1'}), bad_params,
                      s3response.AuthorizationQueryParametersError)
 
-    def test_controller_slo_enabled(self):
+    def test_controller_allow_multipart_uploads(self):
         environ = {
             'HTTP_HOST': 'bucket.s3.test.com',
             'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'}
@@ -1144,9 +1144,10 @@ class TestSigV4Request(S3ApiTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(controllers.multi_upload.UploadsController,
                          s3req.controller)
 
-        # multi part requests require slo_enabled
+        # multi part requests require allow_multipart_uploads
         def do_check_slo_not_enabled(params):
-            s3req = make_s3req(Config({'slo_enabled': False}), '/bkt', params)
+            s3req = make_s3req(Config({
+                'allow_multipart_uploads': False}), '/bkt', params)
             self.assertRaises(s3response.S3NotImplemented,
                               lambda: s3req.controller)
 
@@ -1154,11 +1155,11 @@ class TestSigV4Request(S3ApiTestCase):
         do_check_slo_not_enabled({'uploadId': '4'})
         do_check_slo_not_enabled({'uploads': '99'})
 
-        # service requests not dependent on slo_enabled
+        # service requests not dependent on allow_multipart_uploads
         s3req = make_s3req(Config(), '/', {'partNumber': '3'})
         self.assertEqual(controllers.ServiceController,
                          s3req.controller)
-        s3req = make_s3req(Config({'slo_enabled': False}), '/',
+        s3req = make_s3req(Config({'allow_multipart_uploads': False}), '/',
                            {'partNumber': '3'})
         self.assertEqual(controllers.ServiceController,
                          s3req.controller)
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_utils.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_utils.py
index 257f32df6d..0ae78552a7 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/s3api/test_utils.py
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ class TestS3ApiUtils(unittest.TestCase):
 class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def _assert_defaults(self, conf):
-        self.assertTrue(conf.slo_enabled)
         self.assertEqual('', conf.storage_domain)
         self.assertEqual('us-east-1', conf.location)
         self.assertFalse(conf.force_swift_request_proxy_log)
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         # deliberately brittle so new defaults will need to be added to test
         conf = utils.Config()
         self._assert_defaults(conf)
-        del conf.slo_enabled
         del conf.storage_domain
         del conf.location
         del conf.force_swift_request_proxy_log
@@ -163,8 +161,8 @@ class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(conf.key1, 'val1')
         self.assertEqual(conf.key2, 'val2')
 
-        conf.update({'slo_enabled': False})
-        self.assertFalse(conf.slo_enabled)
+        conf.update({'allow_multipart_uploads': False})
+        self.assertFalse(conf.allow_multipart_uploads)
 
     def test_set_get_delete(self):
         conf = utils.Config()