diff --git a/aio/database.rules.json b/aio/database.rules.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e33ddc1ef..0000000000
--- a/aio/database.rules.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "rules": {
-    ".read": "auth != null",
-    ".write": "auth != null"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/aio/firebase.json b/aio/firebase.json
index 0bf5acd64f..2fa581eb1a 100644
--- a/aio/firebase.json
+++ b/aio/firebase.json
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "database": {
-    "rules": "database.rules.json"
-  },
   "hosting": {
     "public": "dist",
     "cleanUrls": true,