diff --git a/conf/hbase-site.xml b/conf/hbase-site.xml
index 4d84a12225f..dbccd1dbb5c 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-site.xml
+++ b/conf/hbase-site.xml
@@ -22,30 +22,4 @@
  */
 -->
 <configuration>
-<!--
-  <property>
-    <name>hbase.master</name>
-    <value>durruti.local:60000</value>
-    <description>The host and port that the HBase master runs at.
-    A value of 'local' runs the master and a regionserver in
-    a single process.
-    </description>
-  </property>
-  <property>
-    <name>hbase.rootdir</name>
-    <value>hdfs://durruti.local:10000/hbase</value>
-    <description>The directory shared by region servers.
-    Should be fully-qualified to include the filesystem to use.
-    E.g: hdfs://NAMENODE_SERVER:PORT/HBASE_ROOTDIR
-    </description>
-  </property>
-<property>
-  <name>dfs.replication</name>
-  <value>1</value>
-  <description>Default block replication. 
-  The actual number of replications can be specified when the file is created.
-  The default is used if replication is not specified in create time.
-  </description>
-</property>
--->
 </configuration>