diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/acegisecurity/adapters/acegisecurity.xml b/core/src/main/resources/org/acegisecurity/adapters/acegisecurity.xml
index 7f0c51c608..38a23ee9ca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/acegisecurity/adapters/acegisecurity.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/acegisecurity/adapters/acegisecurity.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 	<!-- Authentication provider that queries our data access object  -->
 	<bean id="daoAuthenticationProvider" class="net.sf.acegisecurity.providers.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider">
      	<property name="authenticationDao"><ref bean="inMemoryDaoImpl"/></property>
-		<property name="key"><value>my_password</value></property>
 	</bean>
 
 	<!-- The authentication manager that iterates through our only authentication provider -->