diff --git a/www/LoginView.js b/www/LoginView.js
index a3ffec77..1c7a977c 100644
--- a/www/LoginView.js
+++ b/www/LoginView.js
@@ -390,11 +390,6 @@ Ext.define('PBS.login.TfaWindow', {
 		// Byte array fixup, keep challenge string:
 		challenge.string = challenge.publicKey.challenge;
 		challenge.publicKey.challenge = PBS.Utils.base64url_to_bytes(challenge.string);
-		let userVerification = Ext.state.Manager.getProvider().get('webauthn-user-verification');
-		if (userVerification !== undefined) {
-		    challenge.publicKey.userVerification = userVerification;
-		}
-
 		for (const cred of challenge.publicKey.allowCredentials) {
 		    cred.id = PBS.Utils.base64url_to_bytes(cred.id);
 		}
diff --git a/www/window/AddWebauthn.js b/www/window/AddWebauthn.js
index d2434f2c..16731a63 100644
--- a/www/window/AddWebauthn.js
+++ b/www/window/AddWebauthn.js
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ Ext.define('PBS.window.AddWebauthn', {
 		// string to pass in the response:
 		let challenge_str = challenge_obj.publicKey.challenge;
 		challenge_obj.publicKey.challenge = PBS.Utils.base64url_to_bytes(challenge_str);
-		let userVerification = Ext.state.Manager.getProvider().get('webauthn-user-verification');
-		if (userVerification !== undefined) {
-		    challenge_obj.publicKey.authenticatorSelection = {
-			userVerification,
-		    };
-		}
-
 		challenge_obj.publicKey.user.id =
 		    PBS.Utils.base64url_to_bytes(challenge_obj.publicKey.user.id);
 
diff --git a/www/window/Settings.js b/www/window/Settings.js
index 7059605c..ee8464be 100644
--- a/www/window/Settings.js
+++ b/www/window/Settings.js
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ Ext.define('PBS.window.Settings', {
 	    let username = sp.get('login-username') || Proxmox.Utils.noneText;
 	    me.lookupReference('savedUserName').setValue(Ext.String.htmlEncode(username));
 
-	    let userverification= sp.get('webauthn-user-verification') || '__default__';
-	    me.lookupReference('webauthnUserVerification').setValue(userverification);
-
 	    let settings = ['fontSize', 'fontFamily', 'letterSpacing', 'lineHeight'];
 	    settings.forEach(function(setting) {
 		let val = localStorage.getItem('pve-xterm-' + setting);
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ Ext.define('PBS.window.Settings', {
 	    },
 	    'button[name=reset]': {
 		click: function() {
-		    let blacklist = ['login-username', 'webauthn-user-verification'];
+		    let blacklist = ['login-username'];
 		    let sp = Ext.state.Manager.getProvider();
 		    for (const state of Object.values(sp.state)) {
 			if (blacklist.indexOf(state) !== -1) {
@@ -117,14 +114,6 @@ Ext.define('PBS.window.Settings', {
 		    sp.clear('login-username');
 		},
 	    },
-	    'field[reference=webauthnUserVerification]': {
-		change: function(e, v) {
-		    if (v === '__default__') {
-			v = undefined;
-		    }
-		    Ext.state.Manager.getProvider().set('webauthn-user-verification', v);
-		},
-	    },
 	},
     },
 
@@ -185,23 +174,6 @@ Ext.define('PBS.window.Settings', {
 		    },
 		],
 	    },
-	    {
-		xtype: 'box',
-		autoEl: { tag: 'hr' },
-	    },
-	    {
-		xtype: 'proxmoxKVComboBox',
-		fieldLabel: gettext('WebAuthn User Verification') + ':',
-		labelWidth: 150,
-		stateId: 'webauthn-user-verification',
-		reference: 'webauthnUserVerification',
-		value: '__default__',
-		comboItems: [
-		    ['__default__', Proxmox.Utils.defaultText],
-		    ['discouraged', gettext('Discouraged')],
-		    ['preferred', gettext('Preferred')],
-		],
-	    },
 	],
     },
     {