diff --git a/billingstack/central/__init__.py b/billingstack/central/__init__.py
index 440c749..ecdf98b 100644
--- a/billingstack/central/__init__.py
+++ b/billingstack/central/__init__.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ cfg.CONF.register_group(cfg.OptGroup(
 cfg.CONF.register_opts([
     cfg.IntOpt('workers', default=None,
                help='Number of worker processes to spawn'),
-    cfg.StrOpt('backend-driver', default='rpc',
-               help='The backend driver to use'),
     cfg.StrOpt('storage-driver', default='sqlalchemy',
                help='The storage driver to use'),
 ], group='service:central')