diff --git a/docs/rhel-container.ks b/docs/rhel-container.ks
index 1cfa2903..62c354db 100644
--- a/docs/rhel-container.ks
+++ b/docs/rhel-container.ks
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
 
 # Root password
 rootpw --plaintext removethispw
-# System authorization information
-auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
 # System keyboard
 keyboard --xlayouts=us --vckeymap=us
 # System language
diff --git a/docs/rhel-livemedia.ks b/docs/rhel-livemedia.ks
index 83fad73e..750c18f8 100644
--- a/docs/rhel-livemedia.ks
+++ b/docs/rhel-livemedia.ks
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ repo --name=appstream --baseurl="http://URL-TO-APPSTREAM"
 # Network information
 network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
 
-# System authorization information
-auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
 # SELinux configuration
 selinux --enforcing
 
diff --git a/docs/rhel-minimal.ks b/docs/rhel-minimal.ks
index 74143d97..e8f39c62 100644
--- a/docs/rhel-minimal.ks
+++ b/docs/rhel-minimal.ks
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
 
 # Root password
 rootpw --plaintext removethispw
-# System authorization information
-auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
 # System keyboard
 keyboard --xlayouts=us --vckeymap=us
 # System language
diff --git a/docs/rhel-minimized.ks b/docs/rhel-minimized.ks
index 2ee78677..97e26d0e 100644
--- a/docs/rhel-minimized.ks
+++ b/docs/rhel-minimized.ks
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
 
 # Root password
 rootpw --plaintext removethispw
-# System authorization information
-auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
 # System keyboard
 keyboard --xlayouts=us --vckeymap=us
 # System language
diff --git a/docs/rhel-openstack.ks b/docs/rhel-openstack.ks
index ad495bf6..d23efc8c 100644
--- a/docs/rhel-openstack.ks
+++ b/docs/rhel-openstack.ks
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
 
 # Root password
 rootpw --plaintext replace-this-pw
-# System authorization information
-auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
 # System keyboard
 keyboard --xlayouts=us --vckeymap=us
 # System language
diff --git a/docs/rhel-vagrant.ks b/docs/rhel-vagrant.ks
index d7b55644..4452b539 100644
--- a/docs/rhel-vagrant.ks
+++ b/docs/rhel-vagrant.ks
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ rootpw --lock
 user --name=vagrant
 sshkey --username=vagrant "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA6NF8iallvQVp22WDkTkyrtvp9eWW6A8YVr+kz4TjGYe7gHzIw+niNltGEFHzD8+v1I2YJ6oXevct1YeS0o9HZyN1Q9qgCgzUFtdOKLv6IedplqoPkcmF0aYet2PkEDo3MlTBckFXPITAMzF8dJSIFo9D8HfdOV0IAdx4O7PtixWKn5y2hMNG0zQPyUecp4pzC6kivAIhyfHilFR61RGL+GPXQ2MWZWFYbAGjyiYJnAmCP3NOTd0jMZEnDkbUvxhMmBYSdETk1rRgm+R4LOzFUGaHqHDLKLX+FIPKcF96hrucXzcWyLbIbEgE98OHlnVYCzRdK8jlqm8tehUc9c9WhQ== vagrant insecure public key"
 
-# System authorization information
-auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
 # System keyboard
 keyboard --xlayouts=us --vckeymap=us
 # System language