diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
index 345995c427..7a457982c7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
@@ -439,18 +439,6 @@
   <description>Disk usage statistics refresh interval in msec.</description>
 </property>
 
-<property>
-  <name>fs.du.interval</name>
-  <value>60000</value>
-  <description>File space usage statistics refresh interval in msec.</description>
-</property>
-
-<property>
-  <name>fs.du.interval</name>
-  <value>60000</value>
-  <description>File space usage statistics refresh interval in msec.</description>
-</property>
-
 <property>
   <name>fs.s3.block.size</name>
   <value>67108864</value>