diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 971af884b1..adb2af9c9d 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ osc://.*/.*   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/ \n \
 p4://.*/.*    http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/ \n \
 svn://.*/.*   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/ \n"
 
-# The CONNECTIVITY_CHECK_URI's are used to test whether we can succesfully
-# fetch from the network (and warn you if not). To disable the test set
-# the variable to be empty.
-# Git example url: git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-firewall-test;protocol=git;rev=master
-CONNECTIVITY_CHECK_URIS ?= "https://www.example.com/"
-
 SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS ?= " \
             poky-2.5 \n \
             poky-2.6 \n \