diff --git a/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload b/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload
index 23f80d382e..5720040e3d 100644
--- a/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload
+++ b/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 	<!-- http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Sofia_Configuration_Files -->
 	<!-- This profile is only for outbound registrations to providers -->
 	<gateways>
-		<X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="include" data="external/*.xml"/>
 	</gateways>
 
 	<aliases>