diff --git a/templates/misc/configfiles/freebsd/dovecot/usr_local_etc_dovecot.conf b/templates/misc/configfiles/freebsd/dovecot/usr_local_etc_dovecot.conf
index 616d710e..4f8d8740 100644
--- a/templates/misc/configfiles/freebsd/dovecot/usr_local_etc_dovecot.conf
+++ b/templates/misc/configfiles/freebsd/dovecot/usr_local_etc_dovecot.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ syslog_facility = local1
 #auth_debug_passwords= yes
 #auth_verbose= yes
 #
-#ssl=yes
+ssl=no
 #ssl_ca_file = /etc/ssl/<SERVERNAME>.crt
 #ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/<SERVERNAME>.crt
 #ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/<SERVERNAME>.key