diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 5b7fc24b7..810ce0dcf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 spring-data-aerospike.connection.hosts=localhost:3000
 spring-data-aerospike.connection.namespace=test
 spring-data-aerospike.data.scans-enabled=false
-spring-data-aerospike.data.send-key=true
 spring-data-aerospike.data.create-indexes-on-startup=true
 spring-data-aerospike.data.index-cache-refresh-seconds=3600
 spring-data-aerospike.data.server-version-refresh-seconds=3600
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application.properties b/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 634a3b365..7030f0c82 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 spring-data-aerospike.connection.hosts=${embedded.aerospike.host}:${embedded.aerospike.port}
 spring-data-aerospike.connection.namespace=${embedded.aerospike.namespace}
 spring-data-aerospike.data.scans-enabled=true
-spring-data-aerospike.data.send-key=true
 spring-data-aerospike.data.create-indexes-on-startup=false
 spring-data-aerospike.data.index-cache-refresh-seconds=0
 spring-data-aerospike.data.server-version-refresh-seconds=0