diff --git a/server/conf/rspamd_worker-controller.inc.master b/server/conf/rspamd_worker-controller.inc.master
index 75b744c88380c3ce63394caaadf79653e0fa8815..70ccd93c82e9316c98a399f708af18c13e706372 100644
--- a/server/conf/rspamd_worker-controller.inc.master
+++ b/server/conf/rspamd_worker-controller.inc.master
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Included from top-level .conf file
 
-type = "controller";
 count = 1;
 password = "<tmpl_var name='rspamd_password'>";
 secure_ip = "127.0.0.1";