diff --git a/src/cloud/ec2/lib/econe-server.rb b/src/cloud/ec2/lib/econe-server.rb
index 293446ae1d..0a8ccc1d98 100644
--- a/src/cloud/ec2/lib/econe-server.rb
+++ b/src/cloud/ec2/lib/econe-server.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ end
 
 set :cloud_auth, cloud_auth
 
-if conf
 if conf[:ssl_server]
     uri = URI.parse(conf[:ssl_server])
     econe_host = uri.host