diff --git a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/DockerProcessFactory.java b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/DockerProcessFactory.java
index 709a12372567..ea4db97a3baa 100644
--- a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/DockerProcessFactory.java
+++ b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/DockerProcessFactory.java
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ public Process create(final String jobId,
         cmd.add(entrypoint);
       }
       if (resourceRequirements != null) {
-        if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(resourceRequirements.getCpuRequest())) {
-          cmd.add(String.format("--cpu-shares=%s", resourceRequirements.getCpuRequest()));
-        }
         if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(resourceRequirements.getCpuLimit())) {
           cmd.add(String.format("--cpus=%s", resourceRequirements.getCpuLimit()));
         }