diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-setup b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
index 9d204f4a..ecfe5d1f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-setup
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
@@ -465,12 +465,8 @@ function set_max_login_tries {
         fi
     fi
 
-    if ! grep -q ' deny=' /etc/pam.d/common-account; then
+    if ! grep -q 'account required\t\t\tpam_tally.so' /etc/pam.d/common-account; then
         sed -i '/pam_deny.so/a account required\t\t\tpam_tally.so' /etc/pam.d/common-account
-    else
-        if ! grep -q " deny=$max_tries" /etc/pam.d/common-account; then
-            sed -i "s| deny=.*| deny=$max_tries|g" /etc/pam.d/common-account
-        fi
     fi
 }