diff --git a/ckan/lib/base.py b/ckan/lib/base.py
index 904c61a00bd..f0b137ebbd0 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/base.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/base.py
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ def render_template():
 
         # Jinja2 templates
         if template_type == 'jinja2':
+            # We do't want to have the config in templates it should be
+            # accessed via g (app_globals) as this gives us flexability such
+            # as changing via database settings.
+            del globs['config']
             # TODO should we raise error if genshi filters??
             return render_jinja2(template_name, globs)