diff --git a/gateway-package/src/main/resources/bin/start.sh b/gateway-package/src/main/resources/bin/start.sh
index 89f44fec5c..26a0109eca 100755
--- a/gateway-package/src/main/resources/bin/start.sh
+++ b/gateway-package/src/main/resources/bin/start.sh
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ _BPX_JOBNAME=${ZWE_zowe_job_prefix}${GATEWAY_CODE} java \
     -Dapiml.security.authorization.endpoint.url=${ZWE_configs_apiml_security_authorization_endpoint_url:-"https://${ZWE_haInstance_hostname:-localhost}:${ZWE_configs_port:-7554}/zss/api/v1/saf-auth"} \
     -Dapiml.security.authorization.resourceClass=${ZWE_configs_apiml_security_authorization_resourceClass:-ZOWE} \
     -Dapiml.security.authorization.resourceNamePrefix=${ZWE_configs_apiml_security_authorization_resourceNamePrefix:-APIML.} \
-    -Dapiml.security.zosmf.applid=${ZWE_configs_apiml_security_zosmf_applid:-IZUDFLT} \
+    -Dapiml.security.zosmf.applid=${ZOSMF_APPLID:-IZUDFLT} \
     -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=com.ibm.crypto.provider \
     -Dloader.path=${GATEWAY_LOADER_PATH} \
     -Djava.library.path=${LIBPATH} \
diff --git a/gateway-package/src/main/resources/manifest.yaml b/gateway-package/src/main/resources/manifest.yaml
index 371f38ee45..202ca712ad 100644
--- a/gateway-package/src/main/resources/manifest.yaml
+++ b/gateway-package/src/main/resources/manifest.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ configs:
           enabled: false
           # default value is https://${ZWE_haInstance_hostname:-localhost}:${ZWE_configs_port}/zss/api/v1/saf-auth
           url:
-        provider: zosmf
+        provider: ""
         resourceClass: ZOWE
         resourceNamePrefix: "APIML."
       jwtInitializerTimeout: 5
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ configs:
         externalMapperUrl:
         # default value is Zowe runtime user defined in zowe.yaml "zowe.setup.security.users.zowe"
         externalMapperUser:
-      zosmf:
-        applid: IZUDFLT
     service:
       allowEncodedSlashes: true
       corsEnabled: false