diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
index 38afa607ad0..1d2122db61b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
@@ -1349,12 +1349,6 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
-<property>
-  <name>fs.s3a.delegation.tokens.enabled</name>
-  <value>false</value>
-  <description></description>
-</property>
-
 <property>
   <name>fs.s3a.delegation.token.binding</name>
   <value></value>