diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index 9c1c820421..98f058e21c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS  = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'bin_ansible_callbacks'
 RETRY_FILES_ENABLED            = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_enabled', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_ENABLED', True, boolean=True)
 RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH          = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_save_path', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH', '~/')
 
-RETRY_FILES_ENABLED            = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_enabled', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_ENABLED', True, boolean=True)
-RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH          = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_save_path', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH', '~/')
-
 # CONNECTION RELATED
 ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS               = get_config(p, 'ssh_connection', 'ssh_args', 'ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS', None)
 ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH       = get_config(p, 'ssh_connection', 'control_path', 'ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH', "%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r")