diff --git a/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config-aws.yaml b/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config-aws.yaml
index 7402a67f..d9ecd513 100644
--- a/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config-aws.yaml
+++ b/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config-aws.yaml
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ orderers:
     # they will be passed in as-is to gRPC client constructor
     grpcOptions:
       ssl-target-name-override: orderer.example.com
-      grpc-max-send-message-length: 15
 
     tlsCACerts:
       path: artifacts/channel/crypto-config/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/tls/ca.crt
diff --git a/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config.yaml b/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config.yaml
index e01768a4..f7544dd9 100644
--- a/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config.yaml
+++ b/balance-transfer/artifacts/network-config.yaml
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ orderers:
     # they will be passed in as-is to gRPC client constructor
     grpcOptions:
       ssl-target-name-override: orderer.example.com
-      grpc-max-send-message-length: 15
 
     tlsCACerts:
       path: artifacts/channel/crypto-config/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/tls/ca.crt