diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServices.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServices.cs
index f1ce9b3cd2..52d5e978ca 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServices.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/HostingServices.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Server;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Startup;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Security.DataProtection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
@@ -46,11 +45,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
             {
                 yield return service;
             }
-
-            foreach (var service in DataProtectionServices.GetDefaultServices())
-            {
-                yield return service;
-            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Program.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Program.cs
index a339fa9de9..03e470620c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/Program.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Security.DataProtection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection.Fallback;
@@ -47,13 +46,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting
             var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
             serviceCollection.Add(HostingServices.GetDefaultServices(config));
             serviceCollection.AddInstance<IHostingEnvironment>(hostingEnv);
-            // The application name is a "good enough" mechanism to identify this application
-            // on the machine and to prevent subkeys from being shared across multiple applications
-            // by default.
-            serviceCollection.Configure<DataProtectionOptions>(options =>
-            {
-                options.ApplicationDiscriminator = appEnv.ApplicationName;
-            });
 
             var services = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider(_serviceProvider);
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/project.json
index 7bd0c8398b..e39c50689a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting/project.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "description": "ASP.NET 5 core hosting infrastructure and startup logic for web applications.",
     "dependencies": {
         "Microsoft.AspNet.PipelineCore": "1.0.0-*",
-        "Microsoft.AspNet.Security.DataProtection": "1.0.0-*",
         "Microsoft.Framework.Logging": "1.0.0-*",
         "Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel": "1.0.0-*",
         "Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Interfaces": { "version": "1.0.0-*", "type": "build" },