diff --git a/libcontainer/integration/template_test.go b/libcontainer/integration/template_test.go
index 63c46b28fae..473f601ed49 100644
--- a/libcontainer/integration/template_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/integration/template_test.go
@@ -75,22 +75,6 @@ func newTemplateConfig(t *testing.T, p *tParam) *configs.Config {
 				"CAP_KILL",
 				"CAP_AUDIT_WRITE",
 			},
-			Ambient: []string{
-				"CAP_CHOWN",
-				"CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE",
-				"CAP_FSETID",
-				"CAP_FOWNER",
-				"CAP_MKNOD",
-				"CAP_NET_RAW",
-				"CAP_SETGID",
-				"CAP_SETUID",
-				"CAP_SETFCAP",
-				"CAP_SETPCAP",
-				"CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE",
-				"CAP_SYS_CHROOT",
-				"CAP_KILL",
-				"CAP_AUDIT_WRITE",
-			},
 			Effective: []string{
 				"CAP_CHOWN",
 				"CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE",
diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/example.go b/libcontainer/specconv/example.go
index 152d938a50a..1e9cfa2dbfe 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/example.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/example.go
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ func Example() *specs.Spec {
 					"CAP_KILL",
 					"CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE",
 				},
-				Ambient: []string{
-					"CAP_AUDIT_WRITE",
-					"CAP_KILL",
-					"CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE",
-				},
 				Effective: []string{
 					"CAP_AUDIT_WRITE",
 					"CAP_KILL",