diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/redhat/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/redhat/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf
index 3caa0bccac..e89b4a02fd 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/redhat/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/redhat/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 plugins = ifcfg-rh,
 dhcp = dhclient
 
-[connection]
-ipv4.route-metric=100
-ipv6.route-metric=200
-
 [connectivity]
 enabled=false
 
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/rocky/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/rocky/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf
index 3caa0bccac..e89b4a02fd 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/rocky/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/files/rocky/dns_domain/NetworkManager.conf
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 plugins = ifcfg-rh,
 dhcp = dhclient
 
-[connection]
-ipv4.route-metric=100
-ipv6.route-metric=200
-
 [connectivity]
 enabled=false