diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel86/distro.go b/internal/distro/rhel86/distro.go
index dd482bd8e..ceb4fd655 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel86/distro.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel86/distro.go
@@ -891,7 +891,6 @@ func newDistro(distroName string) distro.Distro {
 					ClientAliveInterval: common.IntToPtr(180),
 				},
 			},
-			Authconfig: &osbuild.AuthconfigStageOptions{},
 			Modprobe: []*osbuild.ModprobeStageOptions{
 				{
 					Filename: "blacklist-nouveau.conf",
diff --git a/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json b/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json
index 99c33f016..463ee9544 100644
--- a/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json
+++ b/test/data/manifests/rhel_85-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json
@@ -1250,10 +1250,6 @@
               }
             }
           },
-          {
-            "type": "org.osbuild.authconfig",
-            "options": {}
-          },
           {
             "type": "org.osbuild.pwquality.conf",
             "options": {
diff --git a/test/data/manifests/rhel_86-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json b/test/data/manifests/rhel_86-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json
index 98861d368..ef32ce6a9 100644
--- a/test/data/manifests/rhel_86-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json
+++ b/test/data/manifests/rhel_86-x86_64-azure_rhui-boot.json
@@ -1254,10 +1254,6 @@
               }
             }
           },
-          {
-            "type": "org.osbuild.authconfig",
-            "options": {}
-          },
           {
             "type": "org.osbuild.pwquality.conf",
             "options": {