diff --git a/sanic/config.py b/sanic/config.py
index 88c52bbd..cb722f74 100644
--- a/sanic/config.py
+++ b/sanic/config.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     "PROXIES_COUNT": None,
     "REAL_IP_HEADER": None,
     "REGISTER": True,
-    "REQUEST_BUFFER_QUEUE_SIZE": 100,
     "REQUEST_BUFFER_SIZE": 65536,  # 64 KiB
     "REQUEST_ID_HEADER": "X-Request-ID",
     "REQUEST_MAX_SIZE": 100000000,  # 100 megabytes
diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index 0d88259a..6cbc5d58 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         "response_timeout",
         "keep_alive_timeout",
         "request_max_size",
-        "request_buffer_queue_size",
         "request_class",
         "error_handler",
         # enable or disable access log purpose
@@ -165,9 +164,6 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         self.request_handler = self.app.handle_request
         self.error_handler = self.app.error_handler
         self.request_timeout = self.app.config.REQUEST_TIMEOUT
-        self.request_buffer_queue_size = (
-            self.app.config.REQUEST_BUFFER_QUEUE_SIZE
-        )
         self.response_timeout = self.app.config.RESPONSE_TIMEOUT
         self.keep_alive_timeout = self.app.config.KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT
         self.request_max_size = self.app.config.REQUEST_MAX_SIZE