diff --git a/salt/docker/defaults.yaml b/salt/docker/defaults.yaml
index a2539adcd..ce596616f 100644
--- a/salt/docker/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/docker/defaults.yaml
@@ -229,9 +229,6 @@ docker:
         - name: core
           soft: 0
           hard: 0
-        - name: nofile
-          soft: 1048576
-          hard: 1048576
     'so-kafka':
       final_octet: 88
       port_bindings: