diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/jail.local b/conf/fail2ban/jail.local
index 276ab97b..cb80ef23 100644
--- a/conf/fail2ban/jail.local
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/jail.local
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 # For Mail-in-a-Box
 [DEFAULT]
 
-# bantime in seconds
-bantime  = 60
-
 # This should ban dumb brute-force attacks, not oblivious users.
 findtime = 30
 maxretry = 20