diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/util.py b/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/util.py
index 32758dec6..39ebd5e79 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/util.py
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/util.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def rewrite_legacy_yaml_to_available_node_types(
             },
         }
         config["head_node_type"] = NODE_TYPE_LEGACY_HEAD
-
+        del config["min_workers"]
     return config
 
 
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-multi-node-type.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-multi-node-type.yaml
index 1a83b8cc6..19584c69d 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-multi-node-type.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/aws/example-multi-node-type.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Experimental: an example of configuring a mixed-node-type cluster.
 cluster_name: multi_node_type
-min_workers: 1
 max_workers: 40
 
 # The autoscaler will scale up the cluster faster with higher upscaling speed.
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/staroid/example-multi-node-type.yaml b/python/ray/autoscaler/staroid/example-multi-node-type.yaml
index 563e3a74c..f0291963e 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/staroid/example-multi-node-type.yaml
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/staroid/example-multi-node-type.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # an example of configuring a mixed-node-type cluster.
 cluster_name: multi-node-type # name with 'a-z' and '-'
-min_workers: 1
 max_workers: 40
 
 # The autoscaler will scale up the cluster faster with higher upscaling speed.