diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm b/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm
index b616c7b9..f9bcbbcf 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm
@@ -576,37 +576,6 @@ sub generate_cloudinitconfig {
 
 	$generator->($conf, $vmid, $drive, $volname, $storeid);
     });
-
-    my $cloudinitconf = delete $conf->{cloudinit};
-    $cloudinitconf = {};
-
-    my @cloudinit_opts = keys %{PVE::QemuServer::cloudinit_config_properties()};
-    push @cloudinit_opts, 'name';
-
-    for my $opt (@cloudinit_opts) {
-
-	if ($opt =~ m/^ipconfig(\d+)/) {
-	    my $netid = "net$1";
-	    next if !defined($conf->{$netid});
-	    $conf->{cloudinit}->{$netid} = $conf->{$netid};
-	}
-
-	$conf->{cloudinit}->{$opt} = $conf->{$opt} if $conf->{$opt};
-    }
-
-    $conf->{cloudinit}->{name} = "VM$vmid" if !$conf->{cloudinit}->{name};
-
-    for my $opt (keys %{$conf}) {
-	if (PVE::QemuServer::is_valid_drivename($opt)) {
-	    my $drive = PVE::QemuServer::parse_drive($opt, $conf->{$opt});
-	    if (PVE::QemuServer::drive_is_cloudinit($drive)) {
-		$conf->{cloudinit}->{$opt} = $conf->{$opt};
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    PVE::QemuConfig->write_config($vmid, $conf);
-
 }
 
 sub dump_cloudinit_config {