diff --git a/app/code/Magento/EncryptionKey/etc/config.xml b/app/code/Magento/EncryptionKey/etc/config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f8097fc137e99..0000000000000
--- a/app/code/Magento/EncryptionKey/etc/config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-/**
- * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * See COPYING.txt for license details.
- */
--->
-<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Store:etc/config.xsd">
-    <default>
-        <admin>
-            <security>
-                <session_lifetime>900</session_lifetime>
-            </security>
-        </admin>
-    </default>
-</config>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Security/etc/config.xml b/app/code/Magento/Security/etc/config.xml
index 046969058f215..2e622ac13f709 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Security/etc/config.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Security/etc/config.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
                 <password_reset_protection_type>1</password_reset_protection_type>
                 <max_number_password_reset_requests>5</max_number_password_reset_requests>
                 <min_time_between_password_reset_requests>10</min_time_between_password_reset_requests>
+                <session_lifetime>900</session_lifetime>
             </security>
         </admin>
         <customer>