diff --git a/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/driver.py b/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/driver.py
index 7949eea..e899e12 100644
--- a/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/driver.py
+++ b/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/driver.py
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ class PowerVCDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         if constants.PVC_ID in meta.keys():
             del(meta[constants.PVC_ID])
         instance['metadata'] = meta
+        # remove activation engine configuration_data as db is not allowed
+        instance.system_metadata.pop('configuration_data', None)
         instance.save()
         LOG.debug('Saved instance with clearing pvc_id in metadata during'
                   'spawn failure: %s', instance)
diff --git a/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/service.py b/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/service.py
index 532f77c..8fb9055 100644
--- a/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/service.py
+++ b/nova-powervc/powervc/nova/driver/virt/powervc/service.py
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ class PowerVCService(object):
         orig_instance['architecture'] = constants.PPC64
         orig_instance['power_state'] = powerstate
         orig_instance['metadata'] = meta
+        # remove activation engine configuration data as db is not allowed
+        orig_instance.system_metadata.pop('configuration_data', None)
         orig_instance.save()
         LOG.debug('Saved instance after created PowerVC instance: %s',
                   orig_instance)