diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
index 4c0df91e1a63..102207dd111d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
@@ -333,11 +333,6 @@ public final class OzoneConfigKeys {
   public static final int OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_LIMIT_PER_CONTAINER_DEFAULT
       = 1000;
 
-  public static final String OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL
-      = "ozone.block.deleting.container.limit.per.interval";
-  public static final int
-      OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = 10;
-
   public static final String HDDS_CONTAINER_RATIS_ENABLED_KEY
       = ScmConfigKeys.HDDS_CONTAINER_RATIS_ENABLED_KEY;
   public static final boolean HDDS_CONTAINER_RATIS_ENABLED_DEFAULT
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index f7ff9089b926..649a5d32d03d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -426,17 +426,6 @@
       or be directly or indirectly in a group defined in this property.
     </description>
   </property>
-  <property>
-    <name>ozone.block.deleting.container.limit.per.interval</name>
-    <value>10</value>
-    <tag>OZONE, PERFORMANCE, SCM</tag>
-    <description>A maximum number of containers to be scanned by block deleting
-      service per
-      time interval. The block deleting service spawns a thread to handle block
-      deletions in a container. This property is used to throttle the number of
-      threads spawned for block deletions.
-    </description>
-  </property>
   <property>
     <name>ozone.block.deleting.limit.per.task</name>
     <value>1000</value>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java
index bc56141fb080..057b94437842 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_LIMIT_PER_CONTAINER;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.SCHEMA_V1;
@@ -770,7 +769,6 @@ public void testShutdownService(ContainerTestVersionInfo versionInfo)
     setLayoutAndSchemaForTest(versionInfo);
     conf.setTimeDuration(OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_INTERVAL, 500,
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-    conf.setInt(OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL, 10);
     conf.setInt(OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_LIMIT_PER_CONTAINER, 10);
 
     ContainerSet containerSet = new ContainerSet(1000);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java
index 2235b23ce882..e05192f78916 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
@@ -555,7 +554,6 @@ public void testReadDeletedBlocks(String schemaVersion) throws Exception {
 
   private void runBlockDeletingService(KeyValueHandler keyValueHandler)
       throws Exception {
-    conf.setInt(OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL, 10);
     conf.setInt(OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_LIMIT_PER_CONTAINER, 2);
 
     OzoneContainer container = makeMockOzoneContainer(keyValueHandler);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaTwoBackwardsCompatibility.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaTwoBackwardsCompatibility.java
index 0c4612b79fa2..98d19ea64c65 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaTwoBackwardsCompatibility.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaTwoBackwardsCompatibility.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.BLOCK_COUNT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.CONTAINER_BYTES_USED;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.PENDING_DELETE_BLOCK_COUNT;
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ public void testReadMetadata() throws IOException {
   @Test
   public void testDeleteViaTransation() throws IOException, TimeoutException,
       InterruptedException {
-    conf.setInt(OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_CONTAINER_LIMIT_PER_INTERVAL, 10);
     conf.setInt(OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_LIMIT_PER_CONTAINER,
         BLOCKS_PER_CONTAINER);