diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index 5e522e1ec3..af32a9d8da 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@ function configure_tempest {
     iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute build_timeout $BUILD_TIMEOUT
     iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG volume build_timeout $BUILD_TIMEOUT
     iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG boto build_timeout $BUILD_TIMEOUT
-    iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute build_interval $BUILD_INTERVAL
-    iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG volume build_interval $BUILD_INTERVAL
-    iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG boto build_interval $BUILD_INTERVAL
     iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG boto http_socket_timeout 5
 
     # Identity