diff --git a/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml
index 09ee9d600..784111be6 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ etcd_script_dir: "{{ bin_dir }}/etcd-scripts"
 etcd_heartbeat_interval: "250"
 etcd_election_timeout: "5000"
 
-# etcd_snapshot_count: "10000"
-
 etcd_metrics: "basic"
 
 # Define in inventory to set a separate port for etcd to expose metrics on
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/etcd.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/etcd.yml
index 344ce9b35..e1755c5fe 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/etcd.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/etcd.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ etcd_cert_alt_ips: []
 etcd_heartbeat_interval: "250"
 etcd_election_timeout: "5000"
 
-# etcd_snapshot_count: "10000"
-
 etcd_metrics: "basic"
 
 ## A dictionary of extra environment variables to add to etcd.env, formatted like:
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
index dee728b75..d7b03d2ab 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ etcd_events_peer_addresses: |-
 
 etcd_heartbeat_interval: "250"
 etcd_election_timeout: "5000"
-etcd_snapshot_count: "10000"
+etcd_snapshot_count: "100000"
 
 certificates_key_size: 2048
 certificates_duration: 36500