diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1940-omr-dns b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1940-omr-dns
index 7f42aeeba..db7d4e345 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1940-omr-dns
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1940-omr-dns
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get unbound.@unbound[0].listen_port | grep 5353)" = "" ]; then
 		set unbound.@unbound[-1].protocol="ip4_only"
 		set unbound.@unbound[-1].enabled=1
 		set unbound.@unbound[-1].recursion="aggressive"
-		set unbound.@unbound[-1].prefetch_root=1
-		commit unbound
-	EOF
-fi
-if [ "$(uci -q get unbound.@unbound[0].prefetch_root)" = "" ]; then
-	uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
-		set unbound.@unbound[-1].prefetch_root=1
 		commit unbound
 	EOF
 fi