diff --git a/etc/spdk/rocksdb.conf.in b/etc/spdk/rocksdb.conf.in
index cbe7e92de..e5bfa2965 100644
--- a/etc/spdk/rocksdb.conf.in
+++ b/etc/spdk/rocksdb.conf.in
@@ -12,14 +12,9 @@
 #  Ex. [TargetNode1] = TargetNode section key with tag number 1
 [Global]
   # Users can restrict work items to only run on certain cores by
-  #  specifying a WorkerMask.  Default is to allow work items to run
+  #  specifying a ReactorMask.  Default is to allow work items to run
   #  on all cores.
-  #WorkerMask 0xFFFF
-
-  # Event mask for ids history buffers
-  # Default: 0x0 (all events disabled)
-  # Set to 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF to enable all events.
-  #EventMask 0x0
+  #ReactorMask 0x1
 
 [Rpc]
   # Defines whether spdk will enable configuration via RPC.
diff --git a/lib/rocksdb/env_spdk.cc b/lib/rocksdb/env_spdk.cc
index 515d83a18..ced717297 100644
--- a/lib/rocksdb/env_spdk.cc
+++ b/lib/rocksdb/env_spdk.cc
@@ -532,7 +532,6 @@ SpdkEnv::SpdkEnv(Env *base_env, const std::string &dir, const std::string &conf,
 	spdk_app_opts_init(opts);
 	opts->name = "rocksdb";
 	opts->config_file = mConfig.c_str();
-	opts->reactor_mask = "0x1";
 	opts->mem_size = 1024 + cache_size_in_mb;
 	opts->shutdown_cb = spdk_rocksdb_shutdown;