diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/add-job-template/job-template-add.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/add-job-template/job-template-add.controller.js
index 4ba5a4c13f..8dcfff6b82 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/add-job-template/job-template-add.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/add-job-template/job-template-add.controller.js
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@
                             .vault.id) {
                                 data.vault_credential = $scope.selectedCredentials
                                     .vault.id;
+                    } else {
+                        data.vault_credential = null;
                     }
 
                     data.extra_vars = ToJSON($scope.parseType,
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/edit-job-template/job-template-edit.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/edit-job-template/job-template-edit.controller.js
index e16a8fb57f..5d4002aa55 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/edit-job-template/job-template-edit.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/job_templates/edit-job-template/job-template-edit.controller.js
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ export default
                             .vault.id) {
                                 data.vault_credential = $scope.selectedCredentials
                                     .vault.id;
+                    } else {
+                        data.vault_credential = null;
                     }
                     data.extra_vars = ToJSON($scope.parseType,
                         $scope.variables, true);