diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessControlLists.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessControlLists.java
index b20c110b447..50d575ebae3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessControlLists.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessControlLists.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterServices;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.ProtobufUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.AccessControlProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.BloomType;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.DisabledRegionSplitPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.InternalScanner;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.User;
@@ -137,8 +136,6 @@ public class AccessControlLists {
         // Set cache data blocks in L1 if more than one cache tier deployed; e.g. this will
         // be the case if we are using CombinedBlockCache (Bucket Cache).
         .setCacheDataInL1(true));
-    ACL_TABLEDESC.setValue(HTableDescriptor.SPLIT_POLICY,
-        DisabledRegionSplitPolicy.class.getName());
     master.createSystemTable(ACL_TABLEDESC);
   }