diff --git a/config/etc/sysctl.conf b/config/etc/sysctl.conf
index 7751bfd8a..9a943fffa 100644
--- a/config/etc/sysctl.conf
+++ b/config/etc/sysctl.conf
@@ -80,9 +80,5 @@ net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 16777216
 net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 16384 16777216
 net.ipv4.udp_mem = 3145728 4194304 16777216
 
-# Approximate time in us to busy loop waiting for packets on the device queue
-net.core.busy_read=50
-net.core.busy_poll=50
-
 # Enable TCP fast-open
 net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen = 3