diff --git a/example/config.yaml b/example/config.yaml
index d0c1470f..d5eacd80 100644
--- a/example/config.yaml
+++ b/example/config.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ services:
   - name: example
     url: http://example.org
     interval: 30s
-    failure-threshold: 3
     conditions:
       - "$STATUS == 200"