diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 83ec3653d..1c71232fa 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -2379,7 +2379,6 @@ first_burst_length          | Optional | number  | Session specific parameter, F
 immediate_data              | Optional | boolean | Session specific parameter, ImmediateData (default: `true`)
 error_recovery_level        | Optional | number  | Session specific parameter, ErrorRecoveryLevel (default: 0)
 allow_duplicated_isid       | Optional | boolean | Allow duplicated initiator session ID (default: `false`)
-min_connections_per_core    | Optional | number  | Allocation unit of connections per core (default: 4)
 
 To load CHAP shared secret file, its path is required to specify explicitly in the parameter `auth_file`.
 
@@ -2462,7 +2461,6 @@ Example response:
     "max_sessions": 128,
     "error_recovery_level": 0,
     "auth_file": "/usr/local/etc/spdk/auth.conf",
-    "min_connections_per_core": 4,
     "disable_chap": true,
     "default_time2wait": 2,
     "require_chap": false
diff --git a/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in b/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in
index 34b60cdbf..19b8d58be 100644
--- a/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in
+++ b/etc/spdk/iscsi.conf.in
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 
   AuthFile /usr/local/etc/spdk/auth.conf
 
-  MinConnectionsPerCore 4
-
   # Socket I/O timeout sec. (0 is infinite)
   Timeout 30
 
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/conn.c b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
index 3142eb46b..cf28fca73 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/conn.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 	memset(&(conn)->portal, 0, sizeof(*(conn)) -	\
 		offsetof(struct spdk_iscsi_conn, portal));
 
-static int g_connections_per_lcore;
 static uint32_t *g_num_connections;
 
 struct spdk_iscsi_conn *g_conns_array = MAP_FAILED;
@@ -1490,18 +1489,6 @@ spdk_iscsi_conn_schedule(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
 	spdk_event_call(event);
 }
 
-void
-spdk_iscsi_conn_set_min_per_core(int count)
-{
-	g_connections_per_lcore = count;
-}
-
-int
-spdk_iscsi_conn_get_min_per_core(void)
-{
-	return g_connections_per_lcore;
-}
-
 static uint32_t
 iscsi_conn_allocate_reactor(const struct spdk_cpuset *cpumask)
 {
@@ -1519,12 +1506,7 @@ iscsi_conn_allocate_reactor(const struct spdk_cpuset *cpumask)
 		/* This core is running. Check how many pollers it already has. */
 		num_pollers = g_num_connections[i];
 
-		if ((num_pollers > 0) && (num_pollers < g_connections_per_lcore)) {
-			/* Fewer than the maximum connections per core,
-			 * but at least 1. Use this core.
-			 */
-			return i;
-		} else if (num_pollers < min_pollers) {
+		if (num_pollers < min_pollers) {
 			/* Track the core that has the minimum number of pollers
 			 * to be used if no cores meet our criteria
 			 */
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/conn.h b/lib/iscsi/conn.h
index 8cde19c46..f32a6bcad 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/conn.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/conn.h
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ void spdk_iscsi_conn_schedule(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn);
 void spdk_iscsi_conn_logout(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn);
 int spdk_iscsi_drop_conns(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
 			  const char *conn_match, int drop_all);
-void spdk_iscsi_conn_set_min_per_core(int count);
-int spdk_iscsi_conn_get_min_per_core(void);
 
 int spdk_iscsi_conn_read_data(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn, int len, void *buf);
 int spdk_iscsi_conn_readv_data(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
index 81cd7f106..de333e0f6 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 #define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 60
 #define MAX_NOPININTERVAL 60
 #define DEFAULT_NOPININTERVAL 30
-#define DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_PER_LCORE 4
 
 /*
  * SPDK iSCSI target currently only supports 64KB as the maximum data segment length
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ struct spdk_iscsi_opts {
 	bool ImmediateData;
 	uint32_t ErrorRecoveryLevel;
 	bool AllowDuplicateIsid;
-	uint32_t min_connections_per_core;
+	uint32_t min_connections_per_core; /* Deprecated */
 };
 
 struct spdk_iscsi_globals {
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c b/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c
index a9e8145b7..3a08f3e9e 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi_subsystem.c
@@ -376,9 +376,6 @@ iscsi_log_globals(void)
 			      "DiscoveryAuthGroup AuthGroup%d\n",
 			      g_spdk_iscsi.chap_group);
 	}
-
-	SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_ISCSI, "MinConnectionsPerCore%d\n",
-		      spdk_iscsi_conn_get_min_per_core());
 }
 
 static void
@@ -401,7 +398,7 @@ iscsi_opts_init(struct spdk_iscsi_opts *opts)
 	opts->chap_group = 0;
 	opts->authfile = NULL;
 	opts->nodebase = NULL;
-	opts->min_connections_per_core = DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_PER_LCORE;
+	opts->min_connections_per_core = 0;
 }
 
 struct spdk_iscsi_opts *
@@ -474,7 +471,7 @@ spdk_iscsi_opts_copy(struct spdk_iscsi_opts *src)
 	dst->require_chap = src->require_chap;
 	dst->mutual_chap = src->mutual_chap;
 	dst->chap_group = src->chap_group;
-	dst->min_connections_per_core = src->min_connections_per_core;
+	dst->min_connections_per_core = 0;
 
 	return dst;
 }
@@ -623,7 +620,7 @@ iscsi_read_config_file_params(struct spdk_conf_section *sp,
 	}
 	min_conn_per_core = spdk_conf_section_get_intval(sp, "MinConnectionsPerCore");
 	if (min_conn_per_core >= 0) {
-		opts->min_connections_per_core = min_conn_per_core;
+		SPDK_WARNLOG("MinConnectionsPerCore is deprecated and will be ignored.\n");
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -778,7 +775,9 @@ iscsi_set_global_params(struct spdk_iscsi_opts *opts)
 	g_spdk_iscsi.mutual_chap = opts->mutual_chap;
 	g_spdk_iscsi.chap_group = opts->chap_group;
 
-	spdk_iscsi_conn_set_min_per_core(opts->min_connections_per_core);
+	if (opts->min_connections_per_core) {
+		SPDK_WARNLOG("iSCSI option 'min_connections_per_core' has been deprecated and will be ignored.\n");
+	}
 
 	iscsi_log_globals();
 
@@ -1428,9 +1427,6 @@ spdk_iscsi_opts_info_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 	spdk_json_write_named_bool(w, "mutual_chap", g_spdk_iscsi.mutual_chap);
 	spdk_json_write_named_int32(w, "chap_group", g_spdk_iscsi.chap_group);
 
-	spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "min_connections_per_core",
-				     spdk_iscsi_conn_get_min_per_core());
-
 	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/config_converter.py b/scripts/config_converter.py
index 3207ee6ce..3c7f18a08 100755
--- a/scripts/config_converter.py
+++ b/scripts/config_converter.py
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ def get_iscsi_options_json(config, section):
         ['ImmediateData', 'immediate_data', bool, True],
         ['ErrorRecoveryLevel', 'error_recovery_level', int, 0],
         ['NopInInterval', 'nop_in_interval', int, 30],
-        ['MinConnectionsPerCore', 'min_connections_per_core', int, 4],
         ['DefaultTime2Wait', 'default_time2wait', int, 2],
         ['QueueDepth', 'max_queue_depth', int, 64],
         ['', 'first_burst_length', int, 8192]
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 02f6e83c7..aa6e9df44 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -596,8 +596,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             first_burst_length=args.first_burst_length,
             immediate_data=args.immediate_data,
             error_recovery_level=args.error_recovery_level,
-            allow_duplicated_isid=args.allow_duplicated_isid,
-            min_connections_per_core=args.min_connections_per_core)
+            allow_duplicated_isid=args.allow_duplicated_isid)
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('set_iscsi_options', help="""Set options of iSCSI subsystem""")
     p.add_argument('-f', '--auth-file', help='Path to CHAP shared secret file')
@@ -620,7 +619,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     p.add_argument('-i', '--immediate-data', help='Negotiated parameter, ImmediateData.', action='store_true')
     p.add_argument('-l', '--error-recovery-level', help='Negotiated parameter, ErrorRecoveryLevel', type=int)
     p.add_argument('-p', '--allow-duplicated-isid', help='Allow duplicated initiator session ID.', action='store_true')
-    p.add_argument('-u', '--min-connections-per-core', help='Allocation unit of connections per core', type=int)
     p.set_defaults(func=set_iscsi_options)
 
     def set_iscsi_discovery_auth(args):
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/iscsi.py b/scripts/rpc/iscsi.py
index a824ad20b..c72ba93f0 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/iscsi.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/iscsi.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ def set_iscsi_options(
         first_burst_length=None,
         immediate_data=None,
         error_recovery_level=None,
-        allow_duplicated_isid=None,
-        min_connections_per_core=None):
+        allow_duplicated_isid=None):
     """Set iSCSI target options.
 
     Args:
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ def set_iscsi_options(
         immediate_data: Negotiated parameter, ImmediateData
         error_recovery_level: Negotiated parameter, ErrorRecoveryLevel
         allow_duplicated_isid: Allow duplicated initiator session ID
-        min_connections_per_core: Allocation unit of connections per core
 
     Returns:
         True or False
@@ -81,8 +79,6 @@ def set_iscsi_options(
         params['error_recovery_level'] = error_recovery_level
     if allow_duplicated_isid:
         params['allow_duplicated_isid'] = allow_duplicated_isid
-    if min_connections_per_core:
-        params['min_connections_per_core'] = min_connections_per_core
 
     return client.call('set_iscsi_options', params)
 
diff --git a/test/config_converter/spdk_config.json b/test/config_converter/spdk_config.json
index 76867e622..8f48245f6 100644
--- a/test/config_converter/spdk_config.json
+++ b/test/config_converter/spdk_config.json
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@
             "error_recovery_level": 0,
             "disable_chap": false,
             "auth_file": "/usr/local/etc/spdk/auth.conf",
-            "min_connections_per_core": 4,
             "default_time2wait": 2
           },
           "method": "set_iscsi_options"
diff --git a/test/config_converter/spdk_config_virtio.json b/test/config_converter/spdk_config_virtio.json
index 1ab7778b8..eb1dedcd2 100644
--- a/test/config_converter/spdk_config_virtio.json
+++ b/test/config_converter/spdk_config_virtio.json
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
             "max_sessions": 128,
             "error_recovery_level": 0,
             "disable_chap": false,
-            "min_connections_per_core": 4,
             "default_time2wait": 2
           },
           "method": "set_iscsi_options"
diff --git a/test/spdkcli/match_files/spdkcli_iscsi.test.match b/test/spdkcli/match_files/spdkcli_iscsi.test.match
index 7312428e2..f67819819 100644
--- a/test/spdkcli/match_files/spdkcli_iscsi.test.match
+++ b/test/spdkcli/match_files/spdkcli_iscsi.test.match
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ o- iscsi .......................................................................
   | o- max_connections_per_session: 2 ........................................................................................ [...]
   | o- max_queue_depth: 64 ................................................................................................... [...]
   | o- max_sessions: 128 ..................................................................................................... [...]
-  | o- min_connections_per_core: 4 ........................................................................................... [...]
   | o- mutual_chap: False .................................................................................................... [...]
   | o- node_base: iqn.2016-06.io.spdk ........................................................................................ [...]
   | o- nop_in_interval: 30 ................................................................................................... [...]