diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
index 9f8551cd967..6e3de37bbc8 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
@@ -849,7 +849,6 @@ module Hbase
       family.setCacheIndexesOnWrite(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_INDEX_ON_WRITE))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_INDEX_ON_WRITE)
       family.setCacheBloomsOnWrite(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_BLOOMS_ON_WRITE))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_BLOOMS_ON_WRITE)
       family.setEvictBlocksOnClose(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::EVICT_BLOCKS_ON_CLOSE))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::EVICT_BLOCKS_ON_CLOSE)
-      family.setCacheDataInL1(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_DATA_IN_L1))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_DATA_IN_L1)
       family.setInMemory(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::IN_MEMORY))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::IN_MEMORY)
       if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::IN_MEMORY_COMPACTION)
         family.setInMemoryCompaction(
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb
index 5184996792d..7318c1a7194 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb
@@ -202,13 +202,11 @@ module Hbase
       command(:create, @create_test_name,
             { NAME => 'a',
               CACHE_BLOOMS_ON_WRITE => 'TRUE',
-              CACHE_DATA_IN_L1 => 'TRUE',
               CACHE_INDEX_ON_WRITE => 'TRUE',
               EVICT_BLOCKS_ON_CLOSE => 'TRUE',
               COMPRESSION_COMPACT => 'GZ'})
       assert_equal(['a:'], table(@create_test_name).get_all_columns.sort)
       assert_match(/CACHE_BLOOMS_ON_WRITE/, admin.describe(@create_test_name))
-      assert_match(/CACHE_DATA_IN_L1/, admin.describe(@create_test_name))
       assert_match(/CACHE_INDEX_ON_WRITE/, admin.describe(@create_test_name))
       assert_match(/EVICT_BLOCKS_ON_CLOSE/, admin.describe(@create_test_name))
       assert_match(/GZ/, admin.describe(@create_test_name))