diff --git a/solr/example/contexts/solr.xml b/solr/example/contexts/solr.xml
index 250a49b4fea..50978a365ff 100644
--- a/solr/example/contexts/solr.xml
+++ b/solr/example/contexts/solr.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@
   <Set name="war"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home"/>/webapps/solr.war</Set>
   <Set name="defaultsDescriptor"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home"/>/etc/webdefault.xml</Set>
   <Set name="tempDirectory"><Property name="jetty.home" default="."/>/solr-webapp</Set>
-  <!-- Increase the maximum POST size to 1 MB to be able to handle large shard requests -->
-  <Set name="maxFormContentSize">1000000</Set>
 </Configure>
diff --git a/solr/example/etc/jetty.xml b/solr/example/etc/jetty.xml
index 3cc16c696ea..e2674125a84 100644
--- a/solr/example/etc/jetty.xml
+++ b/solr/example/etc/jetty.xml
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@
 
 <Configure id="Server" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server">
 
-    <!-- Increase the maximum POST size to 1 MB to be able to handle large shard requests -->
-    <!-- allthough documented as the correct way to set the max POST size for
-         all webapps in a single server, this doesn't actaully work.
-         So instead it is set on the WebAppContext.
-    -->
-    <!--
-    <Call name="setAttribute">
-      <Arg>org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize</Arg>
-      <Arg>1000000</Arg>
-    </Call>
-    -->
     <!-- =========================================================== -->
     <!-- Server Thread Pool                                          -->
     <!-- =========================================================== -->