diff --git a/spec/dummy/config/mongoid.yml b/spec/dummy/config/mongoid.yml
index c391722..92d1932 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/config/mongoid.yml
+++ b/spec/dummy/config/mongoid.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ test:
       hosts:
         - localhost:27017
       options:
-        consistency: :strong
         # In the test environment we lower the retries and retry interval to
         # low amounts for fast failures.
         max_retries: 1