diff --git a/pkg/sysctl/etc/sysctl.d/00-linuxkit.conf b/pkg/sysctl/etc/sysctl.d/00-linuxkit.conf
index bb59b989c..fb4fb4e82 100644
--- a/pkg/sysctl/etc/sysctl.d/00-linuxkit.conf
+++ b/pkg/sysctl/etc/sysctl.d/00-linuxkit.conf
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 32768
 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
 fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
 fs.file-max = 524288
-# for rngd
-kernel.random.write_wakeup_threshold = 3072
 # security restrictions
 kernel.kptr_restrict = 2
 net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0