diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/solr.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/solr.xml
index 4604f60476f..7ce6f625dda 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/solr.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/solr.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     If 'null' (or absent), cores will not be manageable via request handler
   -->
   <cores adminPath="/admin/cores" defaultCoreName="collection1" host="127.0.0.1" hostPort="${hostPort:8983}" 
-         hostContext="${hostContext:solr}" zkClientTimeout="${solr.zkclienttimeout:30000}" numShards="${numShards:3}" shareSchema="${shareSchema:false}" 
+         hostContext="${hostContext:solr}" zkClientTimeout="${solr.zkclienttimeout:30000}" shareSchema="${shareSchema:false}" 
          genericCoreNodeNames="${genericCoreNodeNames:true}" leaderVoteWait="0"
          distribUpdateConnTimeout="${distribUpdateConnTimeout:15000}" distribUpdateSoTimeout="${distribUpdateSoTimeout:120000}">
     <core name="collection1" instanceDir="collection1" shard="${shard:}" collection="${collection:collection1}" config="${solrconfig:solrconfig.xml}" schema="${schema:schema.xml}"