diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index f0efb0fe66..e64a8af54e 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -801,8 +801,8 @@ def checkConverterEntries():
         rc_entry = [r'''\converter latex      lyx        "%% -f $$i $$o"	""
 \converter latexclipboard lyx        "%% -fixedenc utf8 -f $$i $$o"	""
 \converter literate   lyx        "%% -n -m noweb -f $$i $$o"	""
-\converter sweave   lyx        "%% -n -m sweave -f $$i $$o"	"needauth"
-\converter knitr   lyx        "%% -n -m knitr -f $$i $$o"	"needauth"'''], not_found = 'tex2lyx')
+\converter sweave   lyx        "%% -n -m sweave -f $$i $$o"	""
+\converter knitr   lyx        "%% -n -m knitr -f $$i $$o"	""'''], not_found = 'tex2lyx')
     if path == '':
         logger.warning("Failed to find tex2lyx on your system.")
 
diff --git a/status.23x b/status.23x
index f77d0fd09a..3599e215eb 100644
--- a/status.23x
+++ b/status.23x
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix RTL table output with bidi package (non-TeX fonts) (bug 9686).
 
+- Do not mark the import converters for Sweave and knitr as needauth.
+
+
 
 * USER INTERFACE