diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/connector.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/connector.pp
index c88400ca..1aaaa61c 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/connector.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/eid/manifests/connector.pp
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ class eid::connector (
     unless ($use_hsm) {
       sunet::snippets::secret_file {"${connector_directory}/credentials/connector-${environment}-sign.key":
         hiera_key => 'connector_sign_key',
-        base64    => true
       }
       sunet::snippets::secret_file {"${connector_directory}/credentials/connector-${environment}-enc.key":
         hiera_key => 'connector_enc_key',
-        base64    => true
       }
     }