diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/mysqld/OpenFilesLimit b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/mysqld/OpenFilesLimit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..252cb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/mysqld/OpenFilesLimit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8192
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/my.cnf/035openfiles b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/my.cnf/035openfiles
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d52c2f..0000000
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/my.cnf/035openfiles
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-open_files_limit = 4096