diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1aa11185..e4037a81 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   - submitrequest: old not anymore used maintenance code got removed. It is possible now
                    to create one request to submit all changed packages of an project in
                    one request. Just run "osc sr" in the checked out project directory.
+  - disable keyring usage by default. print warning about misconfigured keyrings.
 
 0.137
   - support single binary download via getbinaries command
diff --git a/osc/conf.py b/osc/conf.py
index 19039d49..b8103464 100644
--- a/osc/conf.py
+++ b/osc/conf.py
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ DEFAULTS = {'apiurl': 'https://api.opensuse.org',
             'verbose': '1',
             'traceback': '0',
             'post_mortem': '0',
-            'use_keyring': '1',
-            'gnome_keyring': '1',
+            'use_keyring': '0',
+            'gnome_keyring': '0',
             'cookiejar': '~/.osc_cookiejar',
             # fallback for osc build option --no-verify
             'no_verify': '0',