diff --git a/daemon/config/config.go b/daemon/config/config.go
index 25fc5091aba1c..645beb8c032f6 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/opts"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/authorization"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
@@ -52,9 +51,6 @@ const (
 	// DefaultPluginNamespace is the name of the default containerd namespace used for plugins.
 	DefaultPluginNamespace = "plugins.moby"
 
-	// DefaultContainerdSnapshotter is the name of the default containerd snapshotter used for creating container root fs
-	DefaultContainerdSnapshotter = containerd.DefaultSnapshotter
-
 	// LinuxV2RuntimeName is the runtime used to specify the containerd v2 runc shim
 	LinuxV2RuntimeName = "io.containerd.runc.v2"