diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/machine/romulus.conf b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/machine/romulus.conf
index 2c3c621..32ece45 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/machine/romulus.conf
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/machine/romulus.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 KMACHINE = "aspeed"
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "${KMACHINE}-bmc-opp-${MACHINE}.dtb"
-
-PHOSPHOR_FAN_CONFIG_USE_NATIVE_SYSROOT = "0"
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "ast_g5_ncsi_config"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/p9-vcs-workaround = ''