diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/spec.go
index cbb1dda79..e2a66e60c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/spec.go
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeDeployment(osdProps osdProperties, osd OSDInfo) (*apps.Dep
 	defaultArgs := []string{
 		"--foreground",
 		"--id", osdID,
-		"--conf", osd.Config,
 		"--osd-data", osd.DataPath,
 		"--keyring", osd.KeyringPath,
 		"--cluster", osd.Cluster,