diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-lowresources.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-lowresources.xml
index 345e2c41213a..66e1da74aadf 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-lowresources.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-lowresources.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         <Set name="period" property="jetty.lowresources.period"/>
         <Set name="lowResourcesIdleTimeout" property="jetty.lowresources.idleTimeout"/>
         <Set name="monitorThreads" property="jetty.lowresources.monitorThreads"/>
-        <Set name="maxConnections" property="jetty.lowresources.maxConnections"/>
         <Set name="maxMemory" property="jetty.lowresources.maxMemory"/>
         <Set name="maxLowResourcesTime" property="jetty.lowresources.maxLowResourcesTime"/>
         <Set name="acceptingInLowResources" property="jetty.lowresources.accepting"/>
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/lowresources.mod b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/lowresources.mod
index c9944ec4f23e..72e0b6369241 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/lowresources.mod
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/lowresources.mod
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ etc/jetty-lowresources.xml
 ## Whether to monitor ThreadPool threads for low resources
 # jetty.lowresources.monitorThreads=true
 
-## Max number of connections allowed before being in low resources mode
-# jetty.lowresources.maxConnections=0
-
 ## Max memory allowed before being in low resources mode (in bytes)
 # jetty.lowresources.maxMemory=0