diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.js b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.js
index b6ba3a0ca2..2f819e5938 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.js
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/launch-instance-model.service.js
@@ -322,15 +322,6 @@
     function onGetSecurityGroups(data) {
       model.securityGroups.length = 0;
       push.apply(model.securityGroups, data.data.items);
-      // set initial default
-      if (model.newInstanceSpec.security_groups.length === 0 &&
-          model.securityGroups.length > 0) {
-        model.securityGroups.forEach(function (securityGroup) {
-          if (securityGroup.name === 'default') {
-            model.newInstanceSpec.security_groups.push(securityGroup);
-          }
-        });
-      }
     }
 
     function setFinalSpecSecurityGroups(finalSpec) {
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/security-groups/security-groups.html b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/security-groups/security-groups.html
index 3f0986b19b..82a3f77cd7 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/security-groups/security-groups.html
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/static/dashboard/project/workflow/launch-instance/security-groups/security-groups.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                       limits="ctrl.tableLimits">
 
         <!-- Security Groups Allocated -->
-        <allocated validate-number-min="1" ng-model="ctrl.tableData.allocated.length">
+        <allocated>
           <table st-table="ctrl.tableData.displayedAllocated"
                  st-safe-src="ctrl.tableData.allocated" hz-table
                  class="table-striped table-rsp table-detail modern">