diff --git a/test/app/bdev_svc/bdev_svc.c b/test/app/bdev_svc/bdev_svc.c
index 8844f03f8..e95f95378 100644
--- a/test/app/bdev_svc/bdev_svc.c
+++ b/test/app/bdev_svc/bdev_svc.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	opts.name = "bdev_svc";
 	opts.shutdown_cb = bdev_svc_shutdown;
-	opts.max_delay_us = 1000 * 1000;
 
 	if ((rc = spdk_app_parse_args(argc, argv, &opts, "", NULL,
 				      bdev_svc_parse_arg, bdev_svc_usage)) !=