diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx
index 52feacd5863..8518f427887 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def write_parquet(
     object statistics="ROWGROUP",
     object metadata_file_path=None,
     object int96_timestamps=False,
-    object row_group_size_bytes=_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
+    object row_group_size_bytes=None,
     object row_group_size_rows=None,
     object max_page_size_bytes=None,
     object max_page_size_rows=None,
@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ cdef class ParquetWriter:
         Name of the compression to use. Use ``None`` for no compression.
     statistics : {'ROWGROUP', 'PAGE', 'COLUMN', 'NONE'}, default 'ROWGROUP'
         Level at which column statistics should be included in file.
-    row_group_size_bytes: int, default 18446744073709551615
+    row_group_size_bytes: int, default None
         Maximum size of each stripe of the output.
-        By default, an infinite value equal to uint64 max (~18446744074GB) will be used.
+        By default, no limit on row group stripe size will be used.
     row_group_size_rows: int, default 1000000
         Maximum number of rows of each stripe of the output.
         By default, 1000000 (10^6 rows) will be used.
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index 58a16a6d504..d73ad8225ca 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -6840,7 +6840,7 @@ def to_parquet(
         statistics="ROWGROUP",
         metadata_file_path=None,
         int96_timestamps=False,
-        row_group_size_bytes=ioutils._ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
+        row_group_size_bytes=None,
         row_group_size_rows=None,
         max_page_size_bytes=None,
         max_page_size_rows=None,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py b/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py
index 62be7378e9e..ce99f98b559 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def _write_parquet(
     statistics="ROWGROUP",
     metadata_file_path=None,
     int96_timestamps=False,
-    row_group_size_bytes=ioutils._ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
+    row_group_size_bytes=None,
     row_group_size_rows=None,
     max_page_size_bytes=None,
     max_page_size_rows=None,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def write_to_dataset(
     return_metadata=False,
     statistics="ROWGROUP",
     int96_timestamps=False,
-    row_group_size_bytes=ioutils._ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
+    row_group_size_bytes=None,
     row_group_size_rows=None,
     max_page_size_bytes=None,
     max_page_size_rows=None,
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def write_to_dataset(
         If ``False``, timestamps will not be altered.
     row_group_size_bytes: integer or None, default None
         Maximum size of each stripe of the output.
-        If None, 134217728 (128MB) will be used.
+        If None, no limit on row group stripe size will be used.
     row_group_size_rows: integer or None, default None
         Maximum number of rows of each stripe of the output.
         If None, 1000000 will be used.
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ def to_parquet(
     statistics="ROWGROUP",
     metadata_file_path=None,
     int96_timestamps=False,
-    row_group_size_bytes=ioutils._ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
+    row_group_size_bytes=None,
     row_group_size_rows=None,
     max_page_size_bytes=None,
     max_page_size_rows=None,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py
index 1780fbc93b7..1180da321e6 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py
@@ -275,10 +275,9 @@
     timestamp[us] to the int96 format, which is the number of Julian
     days and the number of nanoseconds since midnight of 1970-01-01.
     If ``False``, timestamps will not be altered.
-row_group_size_bytes: integer, default {row_group_size_bytes_val}
+row_group_size_bytes: integer, default None
     Maximum size of each stripe of the output.
-    If None, {row_group_size_bytes_val}
-    ({row_group_size_bytes_val_in_mb} MB) will be used.
+    If None, no limit on row group stripe size will be used.
 row_group_size_rows: integer or None, default None
     Maximum number of rows of each stripe of the output.
     If None, 1000000 will be used.
@@ -346,10 +345,7 @@
 See Also
 --------
 cudf.read_parquet
-""".format(
-    row_group_size_bytes_val=_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
-    row_group_size_bytes_val_in_mb=_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT / 1024 / 1024,
-)
+"""
 doc_to_parquet = docfmt_partial(docstring=_docstring_to_parquet)
 
 _docstring_merge_parquet_filemetadata = """
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/io/parquet.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/io/parquet.py
index e793d4381d1..a781b8242fe 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/io/parquet.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/io/parquet.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from cudf.io import write_to_dataset
 from cudf.io.parquet import _apply_post_filters, _normalize_filters
 from cudf.utils.dtypes import cudf_dtype_from_pa_type
-from cudf.utils.ioutils import _ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT
 
 
 class CudfEngine(ArrowDatasetEngine):
@@ -341,9 +340,7 @@ def write_partition(
                 return_metadata=return_metadata,
                 statistics=kwargs.get("statistics", "ROWGROUP"),
                 int96_timestamps=kwargs.get("int96_timestamps", False),
-                row_group_size_bytes=kwargs.get(
-                    "row_group_size_bytes", _ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT
-                ),
+                row_group_size_bytes=kwargs.get("row_group_size_bytes", None),
                 row_group_size_rows=kwargs.get("row_group_size_rows", None),
                 max_page_size_bytes=kwargs.get("max_page_size_bytes", None),
                 max_page_size_rows=kwargs.get("max_page_size_rows", None),
@@ -365,7 +362,7 @@ def write_partition(
                     statistics=kwargs.get("statistics", "ROWGROUP"),
                     int96_timestamps=kwargs.get("int96_timestamps", False),
                     row_group_size_bytes=kwargs.get(
-                        "row_group_size_bytes", _ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT
+                        "row_group_size_bytes", None
                     ),
                     row_group_size_rows=kwargs.get(
                         "row_group_size_rows", None