diff --git a/docs/get-started/getting-started-aws-emr.md b/docs/get-started/getting-started-aws-emr.md
index bbb0bcf240f..7209f583892 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/getting-started-aws-emr.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/getting-started-aws-emr.md
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ default settings:
         "spark.rapids.memory.pinnedPool.size":"2G",
         "spark.executor.memoryOverhead":"2G",
         "spark.locality.wait":"0s",
-        "spark.sql.shuffle.partitions":"200",
         "spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes":"256m",
         "spark.sql.adaptive.enabled":"false"
         }
diff --git a/docs/get-started/getting-started-on-prem.md b/docs/get-started/getting-started-on-prem.md
index 356814f3bce..54575011b87 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/getting-started-on-prem.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/getting-started-on-prem.md
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ $SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-shell \
        --conf spark.rapids.memory.pinnedPool.size=2G \
        --conf spark.locality.wait=0s \
        --conf spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes=512m \
-       --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=10 \
        --conf spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin \
        --jars ${SPARK_CUDF_JAR},${SPARK_RAPIDS_PLUGIN_JAR}
 ```
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ $SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-shell \
        --conf spark.rapids.memory.pinnedPool.size=2G \
        --conf spark.locality.wait=0s \
        --conf spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes=512m \
-       --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=10 \
        --conf spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin
 ```
 
@@ -226,7 +224,6 @@ $SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-shell \
        --conf spark.rapids.memory.pinnedPool.size=2G \
        --conf spark.locality.wait=0s \
        --conf spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes=512m \
-       --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=10 \
        --conf spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin \
        --conf spark.executor.resource.gpu.discoveryScript=./getGpusResources.sh \
        --files ${SPARK_RAPIDS_DIR}/getGpusResources.sh \
@@ -253,7 +250,6 @@ $SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-shell \
        --conf spark.rapids.memory.pinnedPool.size=2G \
        --conf spark.locality.wait=0s \
        --conf spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes=512m \
-       --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=10 \
        --conf spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin \
        --conf spark.executor.resource.gpu.amount=1 \
        --conf spark.executor.resource.gpu.discoveryScript=./getGpusResources.sh \
@@ -291,7 +287,6 @@ $SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-shell \
        --conf spark.rapids.memory.pinnedPool.size=2G \
        --conf spark.locality.wait=0s \
        --conf spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes=512m \
-       --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=10 \
        --conf spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin \
        --conf spark.resources.discoveryPlugin=com.nvidia.spark.ExclusiveModeGpuDiscoveryPlugin \
        --conf spark.executor.resource.gpu.amount=1 \
@@ -339,7 +334,6 @@ $SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-shell \
        --conf spark.rapids.memory.pinnedPool.size=2G \
        --conf spark.locality.wait=0s \
        --conf spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes=512m \
-       --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=10 \
        --conf spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin \
        --conf spark.executor.resource.gpu.amount=1 \
        --conf spark.executor.resource.gpu.discoveryScript=/opt/sparkRapidsPlugin/getGpusResources.sh \
diff --git a/docs/get-started/yarn-gpu.md b/docs/get-started/yarn-gpu.md
index 462b9dc593b..42b8f64293e 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/yarn-gpu.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/yarn-gpu.md
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin
 spark.executor.extraJavaOptions='-Dai.rapids.cudf.prefer-pinned=true'
 spark.locality.wait=0s
 spark.executor.resource.gpu.discoveryScript=/usr/lib/spark/scripts/gpu/getGpusResources.sh # this match the location of discovery script
-spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=40
 spark.sql.files.maxPartitionBytes=512m
 ```