diff --git a/contrib/configconvert/icinga2_convert_v1_v2.pl b/contrib/configconvert/icinga2_convert_v1_v2.pl
index 770d718c9..eaa69337f 100755
--- a/contrib/configconvert/icinga2_convert_v1_v2.pl
+++ b/contrib/configconvert/icinga2_convert_v1_v2.pl
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ $icinga2_cfg->{'timeperiods'}= "$conf_prefix/timeperiods.conf";
 $icinga2_cfg->{'commands'}= "$conf_prefix/commands.conf";
 
 $icinga2_cfg->{'itl'}->{'host-template'} = "";
-$icinga2_cfg->{'itl'}->{'service-template'} = "plugin-service";
+$icinga2_cfg->{'itl'}->{'service-template'} = "";
 $icinga2_cfg->{'itl'}->{'user-template'} = "";
 $icinga2_cfg->{'itl'}->{'notification-template'} = "";
 $icinga2_cfg->{'itl'}->{'timeperiod-template'} = "legacy-timeperiod";