diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/clear-external-apps.md b/changelog/unreleased/clear-external-apps.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd7d1a7a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/clear-external-apps.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Don't enforce empty external apps slice
+
+The command for ocis-phoenix enforced an empty external apps configuration. This was removed, as it was blocking a new set of default external apps in ocis-phoenix.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/473
diff --git a/pkg/command/phoenix_ocis.go b/pkg/command/phoenix_ocis.go
index 82a61d5ba3..5f2ebc0a1d 100644
--- a/pkg/command/phoenix_ocis.go
+++ b/pkg/command/phoenix_ocis.go
@@ -20,8 +20,5 @@ func configurePhoenix(cfg *config.Config) *svcconfig.Config {
 		cfg.Phoenix.Tracing.Service = cfg.Tracing.Service
 	}
 
-	// disable ocis-hello extension
-	cfg.Phoenix.Phoenix.Config.ExternalApps = []svcconfig.ExternalApp{}
-
 	return cfg.Phoenix
 }