diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc
index c8615fc6e1..ac35070e0a 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerVMTemplate.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ void VMTemplateInstantiate::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList
         string      tmpl_txt;
 
         ar.add_auth(auth_op, perms); //USE TEMPLATE
-        ar.add_create_auth(PoolObjectSQL::VM,tmpl->to_xml(tmpl_txt));//CREATE VM
 
         VirtualMachine::set_auth_request(att.uid, ar, tmpl);