diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 0a3c146331..778ea98015 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     ),
     'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
-        'rest_framework.parsers.FormParser',
-        'rest_framework.parsers.MultiPartParser',
     ),
     'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',