diff --git a/cmd/retry-storage.go b/cmd/retry-storage.go
index a75e02e61c2de..a61952016d508 100644
--- a/cmd/retry-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/retry-storage.go
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Attempt to retry only this many number of times before
-	// giving up on the remote disk entirely during initialization.
-	globalStorageInitRetryThreshold = 4
-
 	// Attempt to retry only this many number of times before
 	// giving up on the remote disk entirely after initialization.
 	globalStorageRetryThreshold = 1