diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/config.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/config.go
index 31a750903..3d37cbb35 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/config.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/nfs/config.go
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ NFS_CORE_PARAM {
 
 MDCACHE {
 	Dir_Chunk = 0;
-	NParts = 1;
-	Cache_Size = 1;
 }
 
 EXPORT_DEFAULTS {