diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg
index 93e01a9fce3..a9306a61193 100644
--- a/examples/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/ansible.cfg
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ filter_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins
 # set to 1 if you don't want colors, or export ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=1
 #nocolor = 1
 
-# default URL for `etcd' lookup plugin
-etcd_url = http://127.0.0.1:4001
-
 [paramiko_connection]
 
 # uncomment this line to cause the paramiko connection plugin to not record new host