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 b1821148b5f..05cbcd640d4 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 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
-<property>
-  <name>mapreduce.map.cpu.vcores</name>
-  <value>1</value>
-  <description>
-      The number of virtual cores required for each map task.
-  </description>
-</property>
-
-<property>
-  <name>mapreduce.reduce.cpu.vcores</name>
-  <value>1</value>
-  <description>
-      The number of virtual cores required for each reduce task.
-  </description>
-</property>
-
 <property>
   <name>mapreduce.reduce.merge.inmem.threshold</name>
   <value>1000</value>