diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/resources/mapred-default.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/resources/mapred-default.xml
index c0f287b5c74..4f89762f807 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/resources/mapred-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/resources/mapred-default.xml
@@ -427,22 +427,6 @@
-
- mapreduce.map.cpu.vcores
- 1
-
- The number of virtual cores required for each map task.
-
-
-
-
- mapreduce.reduce.cpu.vcores
- 1
-
- The number of virtual cores required for each reduce task.
-
-
-
mapreduce.reduce.merge.inmem.threshold
1000