diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c
index 62b6df2d9..0a27641c9 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* default value in opts */
 	spdk_app_opts_init(&opts);
 	opts.name = "nvmf";
-	opts.max_delay_us = 0;
 	if ((rc = spdk_app_parse_args(argc, argv, &opts, "", NULL,
 				      nvmf_parse_arg, nvmf_usage)) !=
 	    SPDK_APP_PARSE_ARGS_SUCCESS) {
diff --git a/test/event/reactor/reactor.c b/test/event/reactor/reactor.c
index 051b1aed5..50164cc88 100644
--- a/test/event/reactor/reactor.c
+++ b/test/event/reactor/reactor.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	spdk_app_opts_init(&opts);
 	opts.name = "reactor";
-	opts.max_delay_us = 1000;
 
 	g_time_in_sec = 0;