diff --git a/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/app_frontend.pp b/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/app_frontend.pp
index 7cd4ba319f..2313cf2680 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/app_frontend.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip/manifests/profile/app_frontend.pp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class zulip::profile::app_frontend {
   } else {
     $nginx_listen_port = zulipconf('application_server', 'nginx_listen_port', 443)
   }
-  $no_serve_uploads = zulipconf('application_server', 'no_serve_uploads', undef)
   $ssl_dir = $::osfamily ? {
     'debian' => '/etc/ssl',
     'redhat' => '/etc/pki/tls',