diff --git a/examples/rules/config.yml b/examples/rules/config.yml
index b30f3b4f6615..be06b1a15a7b 100644
--- a/examples/rules/config.yml
+++ b/examples/rules/config.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ pipeline:
   - name: EntitySynonymMapper
   - name: FallbackClassifier
     threshold: 0.5
-    fallback_intent_name: nlu_fallback
 
 policies:
   - name: RulePolicy
diff --git a/rasa/nlu/classifiers/fallback_classifier.py b/rasa/nlu/classifiers/fallback_classifier.py
index 80dd685f064a..c995befeed54 100644
--- a/rasa/nlu/classifiers/fallback_classifier.py
+++ b/rasa/nlu/classifiers/fallback_classifier.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from rasa.nlu.constants import INTENT_RANKING_KEY, INTENT, INTENT_CONFIDENCE_KEY
 
 THRESHOLD_KEY = "threshold"
-FALLBACK_INTENT_NAME_KEY = "fallback_intent_name"
 
 
 class FallbackClassifier(Component):
@@ -18,10 +17,7 @@ class FallbackClassifier(Component):
         # ## Architecture of the used neural network
         # If all intent confidence scores are beyond this threshold, set the current
         # intent to `FALLBACK_INTENT_NAME`
-        THRESHOLD_KEY: DEFAULT_NLU_FALLBACK_THRESHOLD,
-        # The intent which is used to signal that the NLU confidence was below the
-        # threshold.
-        FALLBACK_INTENT_NAME_KEY: DEFAULT_NLU_FALLBACK_INTENT_NAME,
+        THRESHOLD_KEY: DEFAULT_NLU_FALLBACK_THRESHOLD
     }
 
     @classmethod
@@ -59,7 +55,7 @@ def _should_fallback(self, message: Message) -> bool:
 
     def _fallback_intent(self) -> Dict[Text, Union[Text, float]]:
         return {
-            "name": self.component_config[FALLBACK_INTENT_NAME_KEY],
+            "name": DEFAULT_NLU_FALLBACK_INTENT_NAME,
             # TODO: Re-consider how we represent the confidence here
             INTENT_CONFIDENCE_KEY: 1.0,
         }