diff --git a/smack-sasl-javax/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/javax/SASLGSSAPIMechanism.java b/smack-sasl-javax/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/javax/SASLGSSAPIMechanism.java
index e7e145c37..210e94ab9 100644
--- a/smack-sasl-javax/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/javax/SASLGSSAPIMechanism.java
+++ b/smack-sasl-javax/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/javax/SASLGSSAPIMechanism.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class SASLGSSAPIMechanism extends SASLJavaXMechanism {
 
     public static final String NAME = GSSAPI;
 
-    static {
-        System.setProperty("javax.security.auth.useSubjectCredsOnly", "false");
-        System.setProperty("java.security.auth.login.config", "gss.conf");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean authzidSupported() {
       return true;