diff --git a/stackalytics/processor/config.py b/stackalytics/processor/config.py
index 81018a0fe..4b720e392 100644
--- a/stackalytics/processor/config.py
+++ b/stackalytics/processor/config.py
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ CONNECTION_OPTS = [
 ]
 
 PROCESSOR_OPTS = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('default-data-file',
-               help='Default data file. This file is used instead of '
-                    'default-data-uri if specifying.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('default-data-uri',
                default='https://git.openstack.org/cgit/'
                        'openstack/stackalytics/plain/etc/default_data.json',
diff --git a/stackalytics/processor/main.py b/stackalytics/processor/main.py
index 6186df2f2..ed39ca7c7 100644
--- a/stackalytics/processor/main.py
+++ b/stackalytics/processor/main.py
@@ -313,10 +313,7 @@ def main():
     runtime_storage_inst = runtime_storage.get_runtime_storage(
         CONF.runtime_storage_uri)
 
-    if CONF.default_data_file:
-        default_data = utils.read_json_from_file(CONF.default_data_file)
-    else:
-        default_data = utils.read_json_from_uri(CONF.default_data_uri)
+    default_data = utils.read_json_from_uri(CONF.default_data_uri)
     if not default_data:
         LOG.critical('Unable to load default data')
         return not 0
diff --git a/stackalytics/processor/utils.py b/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
index 87729a388..cb62d923c 100644
--- a/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
+++ b/stackalytics/processor/utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import re
 import time
 
 import iso8601
-import json
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 import requests
@@ -152,12 +151,6 @@ def read_json_from_uri(uri, session=None):
                     {'error': e, 'uri': uri})
 
 
-def read_json_from_file(filename):
-    with open(filename) as json_data:
-        data = json.load(json_data)
-    return data
-
-
 def read_yaml_from_uri(uri):
     try:
         return yaml.safe_load(read_uri(uri))