diff --git a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
index bf756a6b..22c0d7de 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
@@ -436,20 +436,6 @@ sub phase1 {
     $conf->{lock} = 'migrate';
     PVE::QemuConfig->write_config($vmid, $conf);
 
-    # we use TCP only for unsecure migrations as TCP ssh forward tunnels often
-    # did appeared to late (they are hard, if not impossible, to check for)
-    # secure migration use UNIX sockets now, this *breaks* compatibilty when trying
-    # to migrate from new to old but *not* from old to new.
-    my $datacenterconf = PVE::Cluster::cfs_read_file('datacenter.cfg');
-
-    my $migration_type = 'secure';
-    if (defined($self->{opts}->{migration_type})) {
-	$migration_type = $self->{opts}->{migration_type};
-    } elsif (defined($datacenterconf->{migration}->{type})) {
-        $migration_type = $datacenterconf->{migration}->{type};
-    }
-    $self->{opts}->{migration_type} = $migration_type;
-
     sync_disks($self, $vmid);
 
 };