diff --git a/etc/cgroup.conf.example b/etc/cgroup.conf.example
index 901266674abc55ea9b6c2494b1e75740105e72cb..51a8a1fdaf78bf7a81cee2fc521be5f2f5ab1d80 100644
--- a/etc/cgroup.conf.example
+++ b/etc/cgroup.conf.example
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # information on cgroup configuration parameters
 #--
 CgroupAutomount=yes
-CgroupReleaseAgentDir="/etc/slurm/cgroup"
 
 ConstrainCores=no
 ConstrainRAMSpace=no