diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index d9a6cf3f83..60caf1d00c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -51,12 +51,7 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                         })
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
-                ->scalarNode('secret')
-                    ->validate()
-                        ->ifTrue(function($v) { return 'ThisTokenIsNotSoSecretChangeIt' === $v; })
-                        ->thenInvalid('The "secret" parameter is currently set to the default. It is really important that you change it to something unique.')
-                    ->end()
-                ->end()
+                ->scalarNode('secret')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('trust_proxy_headers')->defaultFalse()->end() // @deprecated, to be removed in 2.3
                 ->arrayNode('trusted_proxies')
                     ->beforeNormalization()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 5de7ddc449..77670cc005 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class ConfigurationTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $processor = new Processor();
         $configuration = new Configuration(array());
-        $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array(array('secret' => 's3cr3t', 'trusted_proxies' => 'Not an IP address')));
+        $config = $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array(array('secret' => 's3cr3t', 'trusted_proxies' => 'Not an IP address')));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -76,16 +76,6 @@ class ConfigurationTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $processor = new Processor();
         $configuration = new Configuration(array());
-        $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array(array('secret' => 's3cr3t', 'trusted_proxies' => array('Not an IP address'))));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException
-     */
-    public function testDefaultSecretIsUsed()
-    {
-        $processor = new Processor();
-        $configuration = new Configuration(array());
-        $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array(array('secret' => 'ThisTokenIsNotSoSecretChangeIt')));
+        $config = $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array(array('secret' => 's3cr3t', 'trusted_proxies' => array('Not an IP address'))));
     }
 }