diff --git a/application/forms/Config/Authentication/AutologinBackendForm.php b/application/forms/Config/Authentication/AutologinBackendForm.php
index 39cf6ecd3..eab096c71 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/Authentication/AutologinBackendForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/Authentication/AutologinBackendForm.php
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ namespace Icinga\Form\Config\Authentication;
 
 use Zend_Validate_Callback;
 
+/**
+ * Form class for adding/modifying autologin authentication backends
+ */
 class AutologinBackendForm extends BaseBackendForm
 {
     public function isValidAuthenticationBackend()
@@ -13,6 +16,9 @@ class AutologinBackendForm extends BaseBackendForm
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @see Form::createElements()
+     */
     public function createElements(array $formData)
     {
         return array(
@@ -24,7 +30,6 @@ class AutologinBackendForm extends BaseBackendForm
                     'allowEmpty'    => false,
                     'label'         => t('Backend Name'),
                     'helptext'      => t('The name of this authentication backend'),
-                    'value'         => '',
                     'validators'    => array(
                         array(
                             'Regex',
diff --git a/application/forms/Config/GeneralForm.php b/application/forms/Config/GeneralForm.php
index 649084f80..3edd4ee0c 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/GeneralForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/GeneralForm.php
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
     public function createElements(array $formData)
     {
         $elements = array(
-            $this->getLanguageSelection($formData),
-            $this->getTimezoneSelection($formData),
-            $this->getModulePathInput($formData)
+            $this->getLanguageSelection(),
+            $this->getTimezoneSelection(),
+            $this->getModulePathInput()
         );
 
         return array_merge(
@@ -102,11 +102,9 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
      *
      * Possible values are determined by Translator::getAvailableLocaleCodes.
      *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the elements with
-     *
      * @return  Zend_Form_Element
      */
-    protected function getLanguageSelection(array $formData)
+    protected function getLanguageSelection()
     {
         $languages = array();
         foreach (Translator::getAvailableLocaleCodes() as $language) {
@@ -122,8 +120,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
                 'multiOptions'  => $languages,
                 'helptext'      => t(
                     'Select the language to use by default. Can be overwritten by a user in his preferences.'
-                ),
-                'value'         => isset($formData['language']) ? $formData['language'] : Translator::DEFAULT_LOCALE
+                )
             )
         );
     }
@@ -133,11 +130,9 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
      *
      * Possible values are determined by DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers.
      *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the elements with
-     *
      * @return  Zend_Form_Element
      */
-    protected function getTimezoneSelection(array $formData)
+    protected function getTimezoneSelection()
     {
         $tzList = array();
         foreach (DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers() as $tz) {
@@ -155,17 +150,15 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
                     'Select the timezone to be used as the default. User\'s can set their own timezone if'
                     . ' they like to, but this is the timezone to be used as the default setting .'
                 ),
-                'value'         => isset($formData['timezone']) ? $formData['timezone'] : date_default_timezone_get()
+                'value'         => date_default_timezone_get()
             )
         );
     }
 
     /**
      * Return a input field for setting the module path
-     *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the elements with
      */
-    protected function getModulePathInput(array $formData)
+    protected function getModulePathInput()
     {
         $this->addElement(
             'text',
@@ -178,9 +171,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
                     . 'colons. Modules that don\'t exist in these directories can still be symlinked in '
                     . 'the module folder, but won\'t show up in the list of disabled modules.'
                 ),
-                'value'     => isset($formData['modulePath'])
-                    ? $formData['modulePath']
-                    : realpath(ICINGAWEB_APPDIR . '/../modules')
+                'value'     => realpath(ICINGAWEB_APPDIR . '/../modules')
             )
         );
     }
@@ -188,7 +179,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
     /**
      * Return form elements for setting the user preference storage backend
      *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the elements with
+     * @param   array   $formData   The data sent by the user
      */
     protected function getPreferencesElements(array $formData)
     {
@@ -200,7 +191,6 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
                     'required'      => true,
                     'class'         => 'autosubmit',
                     'label'         => t('User Preference Storage Type'),
-                    'value'         => isset($formData['preferences_type']) ? $formData['preferences_type'] : 'ini',
                     'multiOptions'  => array(
                         'ini'   => t('File System (INI Files)'),
                         'db'    => t('Database'),
@@ -224,10 +214,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
                 array(
                     'required'      => true,
                     'multiOptions'  => $backends,
-                    'label'         => t('Database Connection'),
-                    'value'         => isset($formData['preferences_resource'])
-                        ? $formData['preferences_resource']
-                        : null
+                    'label'         => t('Database Connection')
                 )
             );
         }
diff --git a/application/forms/Preference/GeneralForm.php b/application/forms/Preference/GeneralForm.php
index 6ec719f72..a1f89951d 100644
--- a/application/forms/Preference/GeneralForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Preference/GeneralForm.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
      * Possible values are determined by Translator::getAvailableLocaleCodes.
      * Also, a 'use browser language' checkbox is added in order to allow a user to discard his setting
      *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the elements with
+     * @param   array   $formData   The data sent by the user
      */
     protected function getLanguageElements(array $formData)
     {
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
             'required'      => false === $useBrowserLanguage,
             'multiOptions'  => $languages,
             'helptext'      => t('Use the following language to display texts and messages'),
-            'value'         => isset($formData['language'])
-                ? $formData['language']
-                : substr(setlocale(LC_ALL, 0), 0, 5)
+            'value'         => substr(setlocale(LC_ALL, 0), 0, 5)
         );
         if ($useBrowserLanguage) {
             $selectOptions['disabled'] = 'disabled';
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
      * Possible values are determined by DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers.
      * Also, a 'use local timezone' checkbox is added in order to allow a user to discard his overwritten setting
      *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the elements with
+     * @param   array   $formData   The data sent by the user
      */
     protected function getTimezoneElements(array $formData)
     {
@@ -87,9 +85,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
             'required'      => false === $useLocalTimezone,
             'multiOptions'  => $tzList,
             'helptext'      => t('Use the following timezone for dates and times'),
-            'value'         => isset($formData['timezone'])
-                ? $formData['timezone']
-                : date_default_timezone_get()
+            'value'         => date_default_timezone_get()
         );
         if ($useLocalTimezone) {
             $selectOptions['disabled'] = 'disabled';
@@ -120,8 +116,7 @@ class GeneralForm extends Form
             'checkbox',
             'show_benchmark',
             array(
-                'label' => t('Use benchmark'),
-                'value' => isset($formData['show_benchmark']) ? $formData['show_benchmark'] : 0
+                'label' => t('Use benchmark')
             )
         );
 
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Form.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Form.php
index dc8fb4f6c..8dc7e9f82 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Form.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Form.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Form extends Zend_Form
     /**
      * Create this form
      *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the form with
+     * @param   array   $formData   The data sent by the user
      *
      * @return  self
      */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Form extends Zend_Form
      *
      * Intended to be implemented by concrete form classes.
      *
-     * @param   array   $formData   The data to populate the elements with
+     * @param   array   $formData   The data sent by the user
      *
      * @return  array
      */
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/SecurityForm.php b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/SecurityForm.php
index fbae02688..7b004f21b 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/SecurityForm.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/Config/SecurityForm.php
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ namespace Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Form\Config;
 use Zend_Config;
 use Icinga\Web\Form;
 
+/**
+ * Form for modifying security relevant settings
+ */
 class SecurityForm extends Form
 {
     /**
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@ class SecurityForm extends Form
                 array(
                     'label'     =>  'Protected Custom Variables',
                     'required'  =>  true,
-                    'value'     =>  $this->config->protected_customvars,
                     'helptext'  =>  'Comma separated case insensitive list of protected custom variables.'
                         . ' Use * as a placeholder for zero or more wildcard characters.'
                         . ' Existance of those custom variables will be shown, but their values will be masked.'