diff --git a/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2
index a906c14..397c907 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx/pep keys_zone=token_responses:1m max_size=2m;
 js_var $auth_token;
 js_var $pep_credentials;
-js_var $remote_user;
 underscores_in_headers on;
 
 upstream _inception-server {