diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi
index def043d9b..3fb356acd 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/ovpnmain.cgi
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ sub writeserverconf {
     print CONF "reneg-sec 86400\n";
     print CONF "user nobody\n";
     print CONF "group nobody\n";
-    print CONF "persist-key\n";
     print CONF "persist-tun\n";
 	print CONF "verb 3\n";
 
@@ -1247,7 +1246,6 @@ unless(-d "${General::swroot}/ovpn/n2nconf/$cgiparams{'NAME'}"){mkdir "${General
   print SERVERCONF "user nobody\n";
   print SERVERCONF "group nobody\n";
   print SERVERCONF "persist-tun\n";
-  print SERVERCONF "persist-key\n";
   print SERVERCONF "script-security 2\n";
   print SERVERCONF "# IP/DNS for remote Server Gateway\n";
 
@@ -1346,7 +1344,6 @@ unless(-d "${General::swroot}/ovpn/n2nconf/$cgiparams{'NAME'}"){mkdir "${General
   print CLIENTCONF "user nobody\n";
   print CLIENTCONF "group nobody\n";
   print CLIENTCONF "persist-tun\n";
-  print CLIENTCONF "persist-key\n";
   print CLIENTCONF "script-security 2\n";
   print CLIENTCONF "# IP/DNS for remote Server Gateway\n";
   print CLIENTCONF "remote $cgiparams{'REMOTE'}\n";
@@ -2331,7 +2328,6 @@ END
 		print CLIENTCONF "user nobody\n";
 		print CLIENTCONF "group nobody\n";
 		print CLIENTCONF "persist-tun\n";
-		print CLIENTCONF "persist-key\n";
 		print CLIENTCONF "script-security 2\n";
 		print CLIENTCONF "# IP/DNS for remote Server Gateway\n";
 		print CLIENTCONF "remote $vpnsettings{'VPN_IP'}\n";