diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
index 8ebf2905b..e42883f1a 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
@@ -1374,7 +1374,8 @@ function interfaces_status()
 		    if adminport == "" then
 			    adminport = "65500"
 		    end
-		    if server_ping == "UP" and uci:get("openmptcprouter", "settings", "disableserverhttptest") ~= "1" and ipaddr ~= "" and adminport ~= "" then
+		    -- httping disable for now, with -l (ssl) timeout is ignored
+		    if false and server_ping == "UP" and uci:get("openmptcprouter", "settings", "disableserverhttptest") ~= "1" and ipaddr ~= "" and adminport ~= "" then
 			    local server_http_result = ""
 			    local server_http_test = ""
 			    if mArray.openmptcprouter["service_addr_ip"] ~= "" then