diff --git a/openvpn/start.sh b/openvpn/start.sh
index 58010a113..9f0fec08d 100755
--- a/openvpn/start.sh
+++ b/openvpn/start.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_UFW,,}" == "true" ]]; then
   if [[ "${UFW_DISABLE_IPTABLES_REJECT,,}" == "true" ]]; then
     # A horrible hack to ufw to prevent it detecting the ability to limit and REJECT traffic
     sed -i 's/return caps/return []/g' /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ufw/util.py
-    sed -i -e s/MANAGE_BUILTINS=no/MANAGE_BUILTINS=yes/ /etc/default/ufw
     # force a rewrite on the enable below
     echo "Disable and blank firewall"
     ufw disable