diff --git a/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-ansible.yaml b/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-ansible.yaml
index dee9c78278..8504aeae10 100644
--- a/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-ansible.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ parameters:
       SyslogFacility: 'AUTHPRIV'
       AuthorizedKeysFile: '.ssh/authorized_keys'
       ChallengeResponseAuthentication: 'no'
-      GSSAPIAuthentication: 'yes'
+      GSSAPIAuthentication: 'no'
       GSSAPICleanupCredentials: 'no'
       UsePAM: 'yes'
       UseDNS: 'no'
diff --git a/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-puppet.yaml b/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-puppet.yaml
index 13cdcb87f7..bda7df3bb7 100644
--- a/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/sshd/sshd-baremetal-puppet.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ parameters:
       SyslogFacility: 'AUTHPRIV'
       AuthorizedKeysFile: '.ssh/authorized_keys'
       ChallengeResponseAuthentication: 'no'
-      GSSAPIAuthentication: 'yes'
+      GSSAPIAuthentication: 'no'
       GSSAPICleanupCredentials: 'no'
       UsePAM: 'yes'
       UseDNS: 'no'