diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1 b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1
index 79462adad05d0d75d81e0e065bade74a1a46b975..e32782e06cafedd185690a2c0e95563b5c7ca396 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth1"
  pgset "add_device eth1"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 
 # device config
diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-flows b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-flows
index 629ac3eaee35571bfe04f412b3be08f5ca3b4582..ea859e441f6e0a04ce8e4d4423176b1510b1ba0d 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-flows
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-flows
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth1"
  pgset "add_device eth1"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 
 # device config
diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6 b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6
index c392475d60cfa94bd5b05ca90f6da20450b6319e..0a81fd92426b572beb2877ae465df00de55c183a 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth1"
  pgset "add_device eth1"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 
 # device config
diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6-rdos b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6-rdos
index 220d276f033a1d2d12a4e9f7858f54b2500b8931..21c3b1589fa7b39570dfc2d2d92f290ca1208e5f 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6-rdos
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-ip6-rdos
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth1"
  pgset "add_device eth1"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 
 # device config
diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-rdos b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-rdos
index 6013975d26d9c09b41bba7e0fc0f4d512caf89b8..fc4e345c4a346441e44459f4703e73da53f0e882 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-rdos
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-1-rdos
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth1"
  pgset "add_device eth1"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 
 # device config
diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-2 b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-2
index 136e10caff636d41b8289daa99584da734a0f629..dfea8e6896d48d17adef9d2ae6f8f85006147e02 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-2
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-1-2
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "add_device eth1"
   echo "Adding eth2"
  pgset "add_device eth2"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 
 # device config
diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-1 b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-1
index ccd32780bed16761c60b43bdd787376e32cbc694..5d2fe4cdbd96b5bdacd9e19cce56790b4c63ee31 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-1
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-1
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth1"
  pgset "add_device eth1"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 # We need to remove old config since we dont use this thread. We can only
 # one NIC on one CPU due to affinity reasons.
diff --git a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-2 b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-2
index 49ae4cf2bb7692df4be3b6837b0ba782b12c4ce2..474f200edcfbe1426268fe9e35da50bf858e380d 100755
--- a/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-2
+++ b/samples/pktgen/pktgen.conf-2-2
@@ -25,16 +25,12 @@ PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth1"
  pgset "add_device eth1"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 PGDEV=/proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_1
   echo "Removing all devices"
  pgset "rem_device_all"
   echo "Adding eth2"
  pgset "add_device eth2"
-  echo "Setting max_before_softirq 10000"
- pgset "max_before_softirq 10000"
 
 
 # device config