diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding
index 2df9d5897..77d0b8c75 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ _disable_openvpnbonding()
 {
 	name=$1
 	if [ "$(echo $name | grep omr_bonding)" != "" ]; then
-		uci -q set openvpn.${name}.enabled='0'
+		uci -q del openvpn.${name}.enabled
 		uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
 			del network.omrvpn.bonding_policy
 			del network.omrvpn.packets_per_slave
diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
index 4cb5a524c..75a947d27 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get openvpn.omr.proto)" != "tcp-client" ]; then
 		set openvpn.omr.port=65301
 		set openvpn.omr.cipher=AES-256-CBC
 		set openvpn.omr.proto=tcp-client
-		set openvpn.omr.enabled=0
 		set openvpn.omr.ncp_disable=1
 		set openvpn.omr.auth_nocache=1
 		set openvpn.omr.client=1