diff --git a/templates/cinder/config/00-global-defaults.conf b/templates/cinder/config/00-global-defaults.conf
index d9bd808b..b9935da2 100644
--- a/templates/cinder/config/00-global-defaults.conf
+++ b/templates/cinder/config/00-global-defaults.conf
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ connection = {{ .DatabaseConnection }}
 max_retries = -1
 db_max_retries = -1
 
-# Wait for writes to complete when doing reads
-# Relevant for multi-master deployments so that workers table, and possibly
-# other tables, work as intended
-# https://mariadb.com/docs/server/ref/mdb/system-variables/wsrep_sync_wait/
-mysql_wsrep_sync_wait = 1
-
 [os_brick]
 lock_path = /var/locks/openstack/os-brick