diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs
index 2c590046a88..2299980d39c 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ function hdfscmd_case
       HADOOP_CLASSNAME=org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.DFSAdmin
     ;;
     diskbalancer)
-      HADOOP_SUBCMD_SUPPORTDAEMONIZATION="true"
       HADOOP_CLASSNAME=org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.DiskBalancerCLI
     ;;
     envvars)