diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
index f617245..ee3207e 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
@@ -541,11 +541,6 @@ possible configurations would overwhelm and obscure the important.
the balancer will not assign any region to any backup Master
- hbase.regions.slop
- 0.2
- Rebalance if any regionserver has average + (average * slop) regions.
-
-
hbase.server.thread.wakefrequency
10000
Time to sleep in between searches for work (in milliseconds).
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestRegionRebalancing.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestRegionRebalancing.java
index fdcb00c..e625b21 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestRegionRebalancing.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestRegionRebalancing.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class TestRegionRebalancing {
// TODO: Fix this test. Old balancer used to run with 'slop'. New
// balancer does not.
boolean success = false;
- float slop = (float)UTIL.getConfiguration().getFloat("hbase.regions.slop", 0.1f);
+ float slop = (float)UTIL.getConfiguration().getFloat("hbase.regions.slop", 0.2f);
if (slop <= 0) slop = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {