diff --git a/src/Workleap.AspNetCore.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant/AuthenticationBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Workleap.AspNetCore.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant/AuthenticationBuilderExtensions.cs
index d031b70..411f503 100644
--- a/src/Workleap.AspNetCore.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant/AuthenticationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Workleap.AspNetCore.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant/AuthenticationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ public static AuthenticationBuilder AddClientCredentials(this AuthenticationBuil
             }
 
             configSection.Bind(options);
-
-            // The default interval is 5 minutes which caused a lot of traffic to the authority server.
-            // Users still have the possibility to overwrite this value in their services.
-            options.RefreshInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(12);
         });
 
         builder.AddJwtBearer(authScheme, configureOptions);
diff --git a/src/Workleap.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant.Tests/AuthenticationBuilderExtensionsTests.cs b/src/Workleap.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant.Tests/AuthenticationBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
index 327eaee..dcdf1f3 100644
--- a/src/Workleap.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant.Tests/AuthenticationBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/src/Workleap.Authentication.ClientCredentialsGrant.Tests/AuthenticationBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public void GivenAnAuthenticationBuilder_WhenConfigsArePresent_ThenOptionsAreSet
 
         Assert.Equal("audience", jwtBearerOptions.Audience);
         Assert.Equal("https://identity.local", jwtBearerOptions.Authority);
-        Assert.Equal(TimeSpan.FromHours(12), jwtBearerOptions.RefreshInterval);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ public void GivenAnAuthenticationBuilder_WhenActionConfigsIsPresent_ThenOptionsA
         {
             option.Authority = "https://identity.local";
             option.Audience = "audience";
-            option.RefreshInterval = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(45);
         });
 
         var sp = services.BuildServiceProvider();
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ public void GivenAnAuthenticationBuilder_WhenActionConfigsIsPresent_ThenOptionsA
 
         Assert.Equal("audience", jwtBearerOptions.Audience);
         Assert.Equal("https://identity.local", jwtBearerOptions.Authority);
-        Assert.Equal(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(45), jwtBearerOptions.RefreshInterval);
     }
 
     [Fact]