diff --git a/config/vitroUsers.owl.template b/config/vitroUsers.owl.template
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--- a/config/vitroUsers.owl.template
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 
-         xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
-         xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
-         xmlns:vitro="http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/0.7#"
-         xmlns="http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/default#"
-         xml:base="http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/default">
-
-<vitro:User rdf:about="#defaultAdminUser">
-    <vitro:username rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">${initialAdminUser}</vitro:username>
-    <vitro:md5password rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">22BA075EC8951A70960A0A95C0BC2294</vitro:md5password>
-    <vitro:roleURI rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">role:/50</vitro:roleURI>    
-</vitro:User>
-
-</rdf:RDF>