diff --git a/templates/common/config/00-config.conf b/templates/common/config/00-config.conf
index b3eb24e5..c2ef6f7c 100644
--- a/templates/common/config/00-config.conf
+++ b/templates/common/config/00-config.conf
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ use_keystone_limits = {{ .QuotaEnabled }}
 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
 
 [file]
 filesystem_store_datadir = /var/lib/glance/images