diff --git a/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl b/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
index 61e29cd..0d9aa51 100644
--- a/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
+++ b/src/riak_kv_wterl_backend.erl
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ establish_connection(Config, Type) ->
                   [ wterl:config_value(create, Config, true),
                     wterl:config_value(sync, Config, false),
                     wterl:config_value(logging, Config, true),
-                    wterl:config_value(transactional, Config, true),
                     wterl:config_value(session_max, Config, max_sessions(Config)),
                     wterl:config_value(cache_size, Config, size_cache(RequestedCacheSize)),
                     wterl:config_value(statistics_log, Config, [{wait, 300}]), % sec