diff --git a/ampel-firmware/src/lib/IotWebConf/src/IotWebConf.cpp b/ampel-firmware/src/lib/IotWebConf/src/IotWebConf.cpp
index 7ade73d0f3f5bd70bb566c61613625fb6e7d2df6..b0fca3c9fe73c7781a57ee21d5ad92fe82c90b13 100644
--- a/ampel-firmware/src/lib/IotWebConf/src/IotWebConf.cpp
+++ b/ampel-firmware/src/lib/IotWebConf/src/IotWebConf.cpp
@@ -83,13 +83,6 @@ bool IotWebConf::init()
 
   // -- Load configuration from EEPROM.
   bool validConfig = this->loadConfig();
-  if (!validConfig)
-  {
-    // -- No config
-    this->_apPassword[0] = '\0';
-    this->_wifiParameters._wifiSsid[0] = '\0';
-    this->_wifiParameters._wifiPassword[0] = '\0';
-  }
   this->_apTimeoutMs = atoi(this->_apTimeoutStr) * 1000;
 
   // -- Setup mdns