diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 9bcdb48de..08350ed0c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
   $use_sasl        = false,
   $use_registry    = $::memcached::params::use_registry,
   $registry_key    = 'HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\services\memcached\ImagePath',
-  $large_mem_pages = false,
-  $object_size     = undef
+  $large_mem_pages = false
 ) inherits memcached::params {
 
   # validate type and convert string to boolean if necessary
diff --git a/templates/memcached.conf.erb b/templates/memcached.conf.erb
index 2ed1e5a64..1586d9426 100644
--- a/templates/memcached.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/memcached.conf.erb
@@ -67,8 +67,3 @@ logfile <%= @logfile -%>
 # Disable automatic removal of items from the cache when out of memory
 -M
 <% end -%>
-
-<% if @object_size -%>
-# Max Object size
--I <%= object_size %>
-<% end -%>