diff --git a/awx/main/conf.py b/awx/main/conf.py
index 96c589e632..bbdf159ae6 100644
--- a/awx/main/conf.py
+++ b/awx/main/conf.py
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import uuid
 
 # Django
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-from django.conf import settings
 
 # Tower
 from awx.conf import fields, register
@@ -316,20 +314,13 @@ register(
     category=_('Logging'),
     category_slug='logging',
 )
-
-
-def init_LOG_AGGREGATOR_TOWER_UUID():
-    unique_id = uuid.uuid4()
-    settings.LOG_AGGREGATOR_TOWER_UUID = unique_id
-    return unique_id
-
-
 register(
     'LOG_AGGREGATOR_TOWER_UUID',
     field_class=fields.CharField,
+    allow_blank=True,
     label=_('Cluster-wide Tower unique identifier.'),
     help_text=_('Useful to uniquely identify Tower instances.'),
     category=_('Logging'),
     category_slug='logging',
-    default=init_LOG_AGGREGATOR_TOWER_UUID,
+    default=None,
 )