diff --git a/roles/mariadb/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mariadb/defaults/main.yml
index e7eb2f1..319a427 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ aria_pagecache_buffer_size: 8M
 # default is 128M, but set to at least the size of your InnoDB data
 innodb_buffer_pool_size: 256M
 
-# Unless you have a pool size over 1GB, use a single instance
-# See: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/xtradbinnodb-server-system-variables
-innodb_buffer_pool_instances: 1
-
 # Ansible 2.7.x with PyMySQL seems to default to TCP connection so we should
 # force it to use a Unix socket.
 # See: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47736
diff --git a/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2 b/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2
index 675e248..40aa732 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2
+++ b/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ innodb_file_per_table	= 1
 innodb_open_files	= 400
 innodb_io_capacity	= 400
 innodb_flush_method	= O_DIRECT
-innodb_buffer_pool_instances = {{ innodb_buffer_pool_instances }}
 
 aria_pagecache_buffer_size = {{ aria_pagecache_buffer_size }}
 #