diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintSettings.java
index 3ee0702b13192..c6654c7fced19 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintSettings.java
@@ -92,17 +92,7 @@ public boolean disabled() {
      */
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_QUEUE_LATENCY_THRESHOLD_SETTING = Setting.timeSetting(
         SETTING_PREFIX + "queue_latency_threshold",
-        TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30),
-        Setting.Property.Dynamic,
-        Setting.Property.NodeScope
-    );
-
-    /**
-     * How often the data node calculates the write-loads for the individual shards
-     */
-    public static final Setting<TimeValue> WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_SHARD_WRITE_LOAD_POLLING_INTERVAL_SETTING = Setting.timeSetting(
-        SETTING_PREFIX + "shard_write_load_polling_interval",
-        TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(60),
+        TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(10),
         Setting.Property.Dynamic,
         Setting.Property.NodeScope
     );
@@ -112,7 +102,7 @@ public boolean disabled() {
      */
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_REROUTE_INTERVAL_SETTING = Setting.timeSetting(
         SETTING_PREFIX + "reroute_interval",
-        TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(60),
+        TimeValue.ZERO,
         Setting.Property.Dynamic,
         Setting.Property.NodeScope
     );
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index b6353680651fd..94df2a1a87ba9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@ public void apply(Settings value, Settings current, Settings previous) {
         WriteLoadConstraintSettings.WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_HIGH_UTILIZATION_THRESHOLD_SETTING,
         WriteLoadConstraintSettings.WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_HIGH_UTILIZATION_DURATION_SETTING,
         WriteLoadConstraintSettings.WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_QUEUE_LATENCY_THRESHOLD_SETTING,
-        WriteLoadConstraintSettings.WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_SHARD_WRITE_LOAD_POLLING_INTERVAL_SETTING,
         WriteLoadConstraintSettings.WRITE_LOAD_DECIDER_REROUTE_INTERVAL_SETTING
     );
 }