diff --git a/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf b/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
index 1f36ccb0e..1f47b67de 100644
--- a/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
+++ b/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ query_cache_size = 0
 #thread_concurrency = 8
 thread_stack = 512K
 lower_case_table_names=1
-default-storage-engine=Aria
 group_concat_max_len=512
 
 # Enable compression by default on create, set to 0 to turn off