diff --git a/PVE/API2/ACME.pm b/PVE/API2/ACME.pm
index d215739b..c116712d 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/ACME.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/ACME.pm
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 
 	my $realcmd = sub {
 	    STDOUT->autoflush(1);
-	    my $account = $acme_node_config->{account} // 'default';
+	    my $account = $acme_node_config->{account};
 	    my $account_file = "${acme_account_dir}/${account}";
 	    die "ACME account config file '$account' does not exist.\n"
 		if ! -e $account_file;
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 
 	my $realcmd = sub {
 	    STDOUT->autoflush(1);
-	    my $account = $acme_node_config->{account} // 'default';
+	    my $account = $acme_node_config->{account};
 	    my $account_file = "${acme_account_dir}/${account}";
 	    die "ACME account config file '$account' does not exist.\n"
 		if ! -e $account_file;
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 
 	my $realcmd = sub {
 	    STDOUT->autoflush(1);
-	    my $account = $acme_node_config->{account} // 'default';
+	    my $account = $acme_node_config->{account};
 	    my $account_file = "${acme_account_dir}/${account}";
 	    die "ACME account config file '$account' does not exist.\n"
 		if ! -e $account_file;
diff --git a/PVE/NodeConfig.pm b/PVE/NodeConfig.pm
index ae2f916c..ec70e7f3 100644
--- a/PVE/NodeConfig.pm
+++ b/PVE/NodeConfig.pm
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ sub get_acme_conf {
 	    die $@;
 	}
     }
-    $res->{0}->{account} = $res->{0}->{account} // "default";
+    $res->{account} = delete $res->{0}->{account} // "default";
     my $domainlist = [];
 
     for my $index (0..$MAXDOMAINS) {