diff --git a/pkg/querier/tripperware/queryrange/query_range_middlewares.go b/pkg/querier/tripperware/queryrange/query_range_middlewares.go
index 89cdaf1d7c..09a768028a 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/tripperware/queryrange/query_range_middlewares.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/tripperware/queryrange/query_range_middlewares.go
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	CacheResults           bool `yaml:"cache_results"`
 	MaxRetries             int  `yaml:"max_retries"`
 	// List of headers which query_range middleware chain would forward to downstream querier.
-	ForwardHeaders       flagext.StringSlice `yaml:"forward_headers_list"`
-	MaxSubQueryExprSteps int64               `yaml:"max_subquery_expr_steps"`
+	ForwardHeaders flagext.StringSlice `yaml:"forward_headers_list"`
 
 	// Populated based on the query configuration
 	VerticalShardSize int `yaml:"-"`