diff --git a/config/roles/openvpn/tasks/credentials.yml b/config/roles/openvpn/tasks/credentials.yml
index b7d1c2635b7388b8e823f7ac125a51dfee979ab9..692f100c6a9e50fd2b8212a5b963819d06f79d85 100644
--- a/config/roles/openvpn/tasks/credentials.yml
+++ b/config/roles/openvpn/tasks/credentials.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@
       ca: "{{ credentials_dir }}/common/api_ca.crt"
       ca_key: "{{ credentials_dir }}/common/api_ca.key"
 
-- name: Restart openvpn because gateway certificate has changed
-  systemd:
-    name: docker-openvpn-openvpn.service
-    state: restarted
-  when: sspki_sign.changed
-
 - name: Add the docker-openvpn user to the openvpn-sspki group
   user:
     name: docker-openvpn