diff --git a/content_access.module b/content_access.module
index b194c95..f96ef8f 100644
--- a/content_access.module
+++ b/content_access.module
@@ -242,10 +242,6 @@ function content_access_available_settings() {
 function content_access_get_setting_defaults($type) {
   $defaults = array();
   $defaults['view'] = $defaults['view_own'] = array(DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, DRUPAL_AUTHENTICATED_RID);
-  foreach (array('update', 'delete') as $op) {
-    $defaults[$op] = content_access_get_permission_access(content_access_get_permission_by_op($op, $type));
-    $defaults[$op . '_own'] = content_access_get_permission_access(content_access_get_permission_by_op($op . '_own', $type));
-  }
   $defaults['priority'] = 0;
   $defaults['per_node'] = FALSE;
   return $defaults;