diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
index 3b756878409..1d7320c6ecb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -745,7 +745,6 @@ public class PerformanceEvaluation {
       this.admin = new HBaseAdmin(conf);
       this.table = new HTable(conf, tableName);
       this.table.setAutoFlush(false);
-      this.table.setWriteBufferSize(1024*1024*12);
       this.table.setScannerCaching(30);
     }