diff --git a/src/test/resources/hbase-site.xml b/src/test/resources/hbase-site.xml
index e7b711237d6..84b56126592 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/hbase-site.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/hbase-site.xml
@@ -142,11 +142,4 @@
     version is X.X.X-SNAPSHOT"
     </description>
   </property>
-   <property>
-     <name>hbase.client.retries.number</name>
-     <value>100</value>
-     <description>
-     Use a lot of retries in unit tests.
-     </description>
-   </property>
 </configuration>