diff --git a/templates/matterbridge.toml b/templates/matterbridge.toml
index 0d87ef8717d31a503f8186a0d0e3576862a4ab5d..a5d85d5553a40ce45816eb30c4dfc478438be2a7 100644
--- a/templates/matterbridge.toml
+++ b/templates/matterbridge.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 {% for account in matterbridge[bridge]|default([]) %}
 
 [{{ bridge }}.{{ account.team }}]
-useAPI=true
 PrefixMessagesWithNick=false
 RemoteNickFormat="[{PROTOCOL}] <{NICK}> "
 NickFormatter="plain"