diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
index f118b5797..549d8be42 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/template/cephfs/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ spec:
             - "--leader-election-lease-duration=137s"
             - "--leader-election-renew-deadline=107s"
             - "--leader-election-retry-period=26s"
-            - "--default-fstype=ext4"
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: /csi/csi-provisioner.sock