diff --git a/install/share/krb5.conf.template b/install/share/krb5.conf.template
index d5e5af595..3bdbc9995 100644
--- a/install/share/krb5.conf.template
+++ b/install/share/krb5.conf.template
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@
  .$DOMAIN = $REALM
  $DOMAIN = $REALM
 
-[appdefaults]
- pam = {
-   debug = false
-   krb4_convert = false
- }
-
 [dbmodules]
   $REALM = {
     db_library = ipadb.so
diff --git a/ipa-client/ipa-install/ipa-client-install b/ipa-client/ipa-install/ipa-client-install
index a1d3d6577..e40072fff 100755
--- a/ipa-client/ipa-install/ipa-client-install
+++ b/ipa-client/ipa-install/ipa-client-install
@@ -551,12 +551,6 @@ def configure_krb5_conf(fstore, cli_basedn, cli_realm, cli_domain, cli_server, c
     opts.append({'name':'domain_realm', 'type':'section', 'value':dropts})
     opts.append({'name':'empty', 'type':'empty'})
 
-    #[appdefaults]
-    pamopts = [{'name':'debug', 'type':'option', 'value':'false'},
-               {'name':'krb4_convert', 'type':'option', 'value':'false'}]
-    appopts = [{'name':'pam', 'type':'subsection', 'value':pamopts}]
-    opts.append({'name':'appdefaults', 'type':'section', 'value':appopts})
-
     logging.debug("Writing Kerberos configuration to %s:\n%s"
             % (filename, krbconf.dump(opts)))