diff --git a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
index 1a3dd92676..3b6687e7f4 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
@@ -1233,8 +1233,6 @@ virNetTLSSession *virNetTLSSessionNew(virNetTLSContext *ctxt,
      */
     if (ctxt->isServer) {
         gnutls_certificate_server_set_request(sess->session, GNUTLS_CERT_REQUEST);
-
-        gnutls_dh_set_prime_bits(sess->session, DH_BITS);
     }
 
     gnutls_transport_set_ptr(sess->session, sess);