diff --git a/PendingReleaseNotes.md b/PendingReleaseNotes.md
index 833049bcf..859b63cc2 100644
--- a/PendingReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/PendingReleaseNotes.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ an example usage
 - OSD: newly updated cluster from 0.9 to 1.0.3 and thus Ceph Nautilus will have their OSDs allowing new features for Nautilus
 - Rgw instances have their own key and thus are properly reflected in the Ceph status
 - The Rook Agent pods are now started when the CephCluster is created rather than immediately when the operator is started.
+- Ceph CRUSH tunable are not enforced to "firefly" anymore, Ceph picks the right tunable for its own version, to read more about tunable [see the Ceph documentation](http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/rados/operations/crush-map/#tunables)
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/crush.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/crush.go
index 7243744e5..81d91d9d9 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/crush.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/crush.go
@@ -205,17 +205,6 @@ func GetCrushHostName(context *clusterd.Context, clusterName string, osdID int)
 }
 
 func CreateDefaultCrushMap(context *clusterd.Context, clusterName string) (string, error) {
-	// first set crush tunables to a firefly profile in order to support older clients
-	// (e.g., hyperkube uses a firefly rbd tool)
-	crushTunablesProfile := "firefly"
-	logger.Infof("setting crush tunables to %s", crushTunablesProfile)
-	output, err := SetCrushTunables(context, clusterName, crushTunablesProfile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return output, fmt.Errorf("failed to set crush tunables to profile %s: %+v", crushTunablesProfile, err)
-	} else {
-		logger.Infof("succeeded setting crush tunables to profile %s: %s", crushTunablesProfile, output)
-	}
-
 	// create a temp file that we will use to write the default decompiled crush map to
 	decompiledMap, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -240,7 +229,7 @@ func CreateDefaultCrushMap(context *clusterd.Context, clusterName string) (strin
 
 	// compile the crush map to an output file
 	args := []string{"-c", decompiledMap.Name(), "-o", compiledMap.Name()}
-	output, err = context.Executor.ExecuteCommandWithOutput(false, "", CrushTool, args...)
+	output, err := context.Executor.ExecuteCommandWithOutput(false, "", CrushTool, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return output, fmt.Errorf("failed to compile crushmap from %s: %+v", decompiledMap.Name(), err)
 	}