diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
index f0fafd18ec8..71b2952ff0b 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
@@ -1129,13 +1129,6 @@ possible configurations would overwhelm and obscure the important.
       Servlet filters for REST service.
     </description>
   </property>
-  <property>
-    <name>hbase.rest.filter.classes</name>
-    <value>org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.filter.GzipFilter</value>
-    <description>
-      Servlet filters for REST service.
-    </description>
-  </property>
   <property>
     <name>hbase.master.loadbalancer.class</name>
     <value>org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.StochasticLoadBalancer</value>