diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6d69ed..235e499 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ Compact memory more often, even if the memory allocation was estimated to be due
 ### vm.oom_dump_tasks: 1 --> 0
 Do not dump debug information when (or if) we run out of memory. If we have a lot of tasks running, and are OOMing often, then this overhead can add up.
 
-### vm.overcommit_memory: 0 --> 1
-Always guarentee processes that memory is available for their allocations without checking. This can lead to applications requesting more memory than they need, but it increases performance for RAM-intensive processes.
-
 ### vm.page-cluster: 3 --> 0
 Disable reading additional pages from the swap device (in most cases, ZRAM). This is the same philosophy as disabling readahead.
 
diff --git a/service.sh b/service.sh
index 0834381..967958c 100644
--- a/service.sh
+++ b/service.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ ctl vm.dirty_expire_centisecs 1000
 ctl vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs 0
 ctl vm.extfrag_threshold 750
 ctl vm.oom_dump_tasks 0
-ctl vm.overcommit_memory 1
 ctl vm.page-cluster 0
 ctl vm.reap_mem_on_sigkill 1
 ctl vm.stat_interval 10