diff --git a/build/gobind/monolith.go b/build/gobind/monolith.go
index 996a6b68..b4740ed4 100644
--- a/build/gobind/monolith.go
+++ b/build/gobind/monolith.go
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ func (m *DendriteMonolith) Start() {
 	cfg.AppServiceAPI.Database.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/dendrite-p2p-appservice.db", m.StorageDirectory))
 	cfg.MediaAPI.BasePath = config.Path(fmt.Sprintf("%s/tmp", m.StorageDirectory))
 	cfg.MediaAPI.AbsBasePath = config.Path(fmt.Sprintf("%s/tmp", m.StorageDirectory))
-	cfg.FederationSender.FederationMaxRetries = 8
 	if err = cfg.Derive(); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/main.go b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/main.go
index 7a370bda..257ddb58 100644
--- a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ func main() {
 	cfg.Global.PrivateKey = ygg.SigningPrivateKey()
 	cfg.Global.KeyID = gomatrixserverlib.KeyID(signing.KeyID)
 	cfg.Global.Kafka.UseNaffka = true
-	cfg.FederationSender.FederationMaxRetries = 8
 	cfg.UserAPI.AccountDatabase.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s-account.db", *instanceName))
 	cfg.UserAPI.DeviceDatabase.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s-device.db", *instanceName))
 	cfg.MediaAPI.Database.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s-mediaapi.db", *instanceName))