diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/ctsms-settings.properties b/core/src/main/resources/ctsms-settings.properties
index f325c7003683..85c211d6b818 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/ctsms-settings.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/ctsms-settings.properties
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ password_min_digits=1
password_min_umlauts=0
password_min_whitespaces=0
password_min_alt_symbols=0
-password_min_symbols=1
+password_min_symbols=0
password_max_small_letters=32
-password_max_capital_letters=32
-password_max_digits=32
-password_max_umlauts=32
-password_max_whitespaces=32
-password_max_alt_symbols=32
-password_max_symbols=32
+password_max_capital_letters=0
+password_max_digits=0
+password_max_umlauts=0
+password_max_whitespaces=0
+password_max_alt_symbols=0
+password_max_symbols=0
password_min_levenshtein_distance=2
password_distance_password_history=0
password_admin_ignore_policy=true
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ department_password_min_digits=1
department_password_min_umlauts=0
department_password_min_whitespaces=0
department_password_min_alt_symbols=0
-department_password_min_symbols=1
+department_password_min_symbols=0
department_password_max_small_letters=256
-department_password_max_capital_letters=256
+department_password_max_capital_letters=0
department_password_max_digits=256
-department_password_max_umlauts=256
-department_password_max_whitespaces=256
-department_password_max_alt_symbols=256
-department_password_max_symbols=256
+department_password_max_umlauts=0
+department_password_max_whitespaces=0
+department_password_max_alt_symbols=0
+department_password_max_symbols=0
logon_expires=true
logon_prolongable=true
diff --git a/web/src/main/webapp/META-INF/includes/proband/probandAddress.xhtml b/web/src/main/webapp/META-INF/includes/proband/probandAddress.xhtml
index 95275a17b6ad..742053c43e96 100644
--- a/web/src/main/webapp/META-INF/includes/proband/probandAddress.xhtml
+++ b/web/src/main/webapp/META-INF/includes/proband/probandAddress.xhtml
@@ -246,16 +246,7 @@
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