diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb
index a9dd90a43e..c2f766cd69 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb
@@ -1815,11 +1815,6 @@ class VCenterVm
 
         vm.ReconfigVM_Task(:spec => spec).wait_for_completion
 
-        config_array << {
-                        :key    => 'opennebula.hotplugged_nics',
-                        :value  => hotplugged_nics
-                    }
-
     end
 
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