diff --git a/CommonLibs/Configuration.cpp b/CommonLibs/Configuration.cpp
index 14e5400..4661903 100644
--- a/CommonLibs/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/CommonLibs/Configuration.cpp
@@ -104,17 +104,6 @@
 
 	// Build CommonLibs schema
 	ConfigurationKey *tmp;
-	tmp = new ConfigurationKey("Log.Alarms.Max","20",
-		"alarms",
-		ConfigurationKey::CUSTOMER,
-		ConfigurationKey::VALRANGE,
-		"10:20",// educated guess
-		false,
-		"Maximum number of alarms to remember inside the application."
-	);
-	mSchema[tmp->getName()] = *tmp;
-	delete tmp;
-
 	tmp = new ConfigurationKey("Log.File","",
 		"",
 		ConfigurationKey::DEVELOPER,
diff --git a/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp b/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp
index 4e4dbbc..d246584 100644
--- a/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp
+++ b/CommonLibs/Logger.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "Logger.h"
 #include "Threads.h"	// pat added
 
+#define MAX_ALARMS 20
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -212,8 +213,7 @@
 {
     alarmsLock.lock();
     alarmsList.push_back(s);
-	unsigned maxAlarms = gConfig.getNum("Log.Alarms.Max");
-    while (alarmsList.size() > maxAlarms) alarmsList.pop_front();
+    while (alarmsList.size() > MAX_ALARMS) alarmsList.pop_front();
     alarmsLock.unlock();
 }