diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml
index 2974bf3d..464302aa 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/defaults/main.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ kibana_newsfeed_enabled: "false"
 kibana_telemetry_optin: "false"
 kibana_telemetry_enabled: "false"
 
-opendistro_security_user: elastic
 opendistro_admin_password: changeme
 opendistro_kibana_user: kibanaserver
 opendistro_kibana_password: changeme