diff --git a/application/controllers/ConfigController.php b/application/controllers/ConfigController.php
index 7b01bbff5..ce8440749 100644
--- a/application/controllers/ConfigController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/ConfigController.php
@@ -45,27 +45,12 @@ class ConfigController extends Controller
             'url'   => 'config/resource',
             'baseTarget' => '_main'
         ));
-        return $tabs;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create and return the tabs to display when showing authentication configuration
-     */
-    public function createAuthenticationTabs()
-    {
-        $tabs = $this->getTabs();
-        $tabs->add('userbackend', array(
-            'title' => $this->translate('Configure how users authenticate with and log into Icinga Web 2'),
-            'label' => $this->translate('Users'),
+        $tabs->add('authentication', array(
+            'title' => $this->translate('Configure the user and group backends'),
+            'label' => $this->translate('Authentication'),
             'url'   => 'config/userbackend',
             'baseTarget' => '_main'
         ));
-        $tabs->add('usergroupbackend', array(
-            'title' => $this->translate('Configure how users are associated with groups by Icinga Web 2'),
-            'label' => $this->translate('User Groups'),
-            'url'   => 'usergroupbackend/list',
-            'baseTarget' => '_main'
-        ));
         return $tabs;
     }
 
@@ -194,7 +179,7 @@ class ConfigController extends Controller
         $form->handleRequest();
 
         $this->view->form = $form;
-        $this->createAuthenticationTabs()->activate('userbackend');
+        $this->createApplicationTabs()->activate('authentication');
         $this->render('userbackend/reorder');
     }
 
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Web.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Web.php
index d0535423f..f50beb2e8 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Web.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Web.php
@@ -321,12 +321,6 @@ class Web extends EmbeddedWeb
                             'permission'    => 'config/application/*',
                             'priority'      => 810
                         ),
-                        'authentication' => array(
-                            'label'     => t('Authentication'),
-                            'url'       => 'config/userbackend',
-                            'permission'    => 'config/application/*',
-                            'priority'      => 820
-                        ),
                         'authorization' => array(
                             'label'         => t('Authorization'),
                             'permission'    => 'config/authentication/*',