diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
index 08197a8377e21..049dd22df6ed8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
@@ -945,14 +945,6 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
-<property>
-  <name>io.compression.codec.lzo.buffersize</name>
-  <value>65536</value>
-  <description>
-    Internal buffer size for Lzo compressor/decompressors.
-  </description>
-</property>
-
 <property>
   <name>io.compression.codec.lzo.class</name>
   <value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.LzoCodec</value>