diff --git a/registration-default.properties b/registration-default.properties
index 9e956c9211..28487b34d3 100644
--- a/registration-default.properties
+++ b/registration-default.properties
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ mosip.registration.max_age=200
 # Properties to set the handles, these handles can be used to login to resident portal on successful UIN generation
 # These handles should match with ID Schema in the environment
 # it is comma separated list of field ids
-mosip.registration.default-selected-handle-fields=phone
+mosip.registration.default-selected-handle-fields=
 
 # Parameters required for Backward Compatibility
 # These parameters needed for supporting previous versions of registration clients in case of upgraded env.