diff --git a/definitions/console/console-configmap.yaml b/definitions/console/console-configmap.yaml
index d57684bb..851ddf6b 100644
--- a/definitions/console/console-configmap.yaml
+++ b/definitions/console/console-configmap.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ data:
   settings.yaml: |
     version: "v2.0"
     initial_admin: "xyz@ibm.com"
-    auth_scheme: "couchdb"
     configtxlator: "http://localhost:8083"
     deployer_url: "http://dev:dev123@localhost:8080" 
     deployer_timeout: 60000
diff --git a/pkg/apis/console/v1/console.go b/pkg/apis/console/v1/console.go
index d218ab3d..d160f2c0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/console/v1/console.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/console/v1/console.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ type CRN struct {
 type ConsoleSettingsConfig struct {
 	Version              string                 `json:"version"`
 	Email                string                 `json:"initial_admin"`
-	AuthScheme           string                 `json:"auth_scheme"`
+	AuthScheme           string                 `json:"auth_scheme,omitempty"`
 	AllowDefaultPassword bool                   `json:"allow_default_password"`
 	Configtxlator        string                 `json:"configtxlator"`
 	DeployerURL          string                 `json:"deployer_url"`