diff --git a/startkde b/startkde
index 0f2df060e..c0905a88d 100644
--- a/startkde
+++ b/startkde
@@ -434,15 +434,6 @@ if test -n "$dl"; then
   sleep 1
 fi
 
-# configuration of kwalletmanager if not already set
-
-if [ ! -e $kdehome/share/config/kwalletrc ] && [ -e /usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config/kwalletrc ]
-then
-         mkdir -p "$kdehome/share/config/"
-         cp -f /usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config/kwalletrc $kdehome/share/config/
-fi
-
-
 # finally, give the session control to the session manager
 # see kdebase/ksmserver for the description of the rest of the startup sequence
 # if the KDEWM environment variable has been set, then it will be used as KDE's