diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 5f4a41227a..b1c8dac035 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -721,9 +721,6 @@ OES_BITBAKE_CONF = "1"
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES ?= ""
 
-# This is used to limit what packages goes into images built, so set big by default
-ROOT_FLASH_SIZE ?= "256"
-
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
index f68bf32d16..52215b3930 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ MACHINEOVERRIDES .= ":qemuall"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES += "tar.bz2 ext3"
 
-ROOT_FLASH_SIZE = "280"
-
 # Don't include kernels in standard images
 RDEPENDS_kernel-base = ""