diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
index 32e2cb4a..7877f17e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@ function remove_xmpp {
 
     function_check remove_onion_service
     remove_onion_service xmpp 5222 5223 5269
-    sed -i '/HiddenServiceVersion 3/d' "$ONION_SERVICES_FILE"
 
     apt-mark -q unhold prosody
     apt-get -yq remove --purge prosody