diff --git a/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs b/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs
index fa6f594ea5..425e710372 100644
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ pub mod defaults {
     pub const DEFAULT_IMAGE_COMPRESSION: ImageCompressionAlgorithm =
         ImageCompressionAlgorithm::Zstd { level: Some(1) };
 
-    pub const DEFAULT_VALIDATE_VECTORED_GET: bool = false;
-
     pub const DEFAULT_EPHEMERAL_BYTES_PER_MEMORY_KB: usize = 0;
 
     pub const DEFAULT_IO_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT: usize = 512;