diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml
index e1dc513a44e..100c3716b8d 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ server_config:
         0:
           class: ram
           scm_mount: /mnt/daos
-  system_ram_reserved: 6
 
 pool:
   size: 1G