diff --git a/lib/nvmf/conf.c b/lib/nvmf/conf.c
index d34961466..87aaa9301 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/conf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/conf.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ spdk_nvmf_parse_nvmf_tgt(void)
 	int max_sessions_per_subsystem;
 	int max_queue_depth;
 	int max_conn_per_sess;
-	int max_recv_seg_len;
 	int rc;
 
 	sp = spdk_conf_find_section(NULL, "Nvmf");
@@ -80,10 +79,8 @@ spdk_nvmf_parse_nvmf_tgt(void)
 		max_conn_per_sess = SPDK_NVMF_DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_SESSION;
 	}
 
-	max_recv_seg_len = SPDK_NVMF_MAX_RECV_DATA_TRANSFER_SIZE;
-
 	rc = nvmf_tgt_init(nodebase, max_sessions_per_subsystem,
-			   max_queue_depth, max_conn_per_sess, max_recv_seg_len);
+			   max_queue_depth, max_conn_per_sess);
 
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index 74b46b2b1..602c6b10b 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_check_pools(void)
 int
 nvmf_tgt_init(char *nodebase,
 	      int max_sessions_per_subsystem,
-	      int max_queue_depth, int max_conn_per_sess, int max_recv_seg_len)
+	      int max_queue_depth, int max_conn_per_sess)
 {
 	int rc;
 
@@ -180,11 +180,6 @@ nvmf_tgt_init(char *nodebase,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-
-	g_nvmf_tgt.MaxRecvDataSegmentLength = max_recv_seg_len;
-	SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_DEBUG, "MaxRecvDataSegmentLength %d\n",
-		      g_nvmf_tgt.MaxRecvDataSegmentLength);
-
 	rc = pthread_mutex_init(&g_nvmf_tgt.mutex, NULL);
 	if (rc != 0) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("mutex_init() failed\n");
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
index 814588c0f..7fbe0acc3 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ struct spdk_nvmf_globals {
 	int MaxSessionsPerSubsystem;
 	int MaxQueueDepth;
 	int MaxConnectionsPerSession;
-	int MaxRecvDataSegmentLength;
 
 	struct rte_mempool *nvme_request_pool;
 	uint16_t	   sin_port;
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ nvmf_complete_cmd(void *rsp, const struct spdk_nvme_cpl *cmp);
 
 
 int nvmf_tgt_init(char *nodebase, int max_sessions, int max_queue_depth,
-		  int max_conn_per_sess, int max_recv_seg_len);
+		  int max_conn_per_sess);
 
 int nvmf_initialize(void);
 void nvmf_shutdown(void);