diff --git a/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-connection.c b/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-connection.c
index 33fde937b6..f3ff541c9c 100644
--- a/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-connection.c
+++ b/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-connection.c
@@ -1182,8 +1182,6 @@ nm_vpn_connection_ip4_config_get (NMVpnConnection *self, GVariant *dict)
 
 	memset (&address, 0, sizeof (address));
 	address.plen = 24;
-	if (priv->ip4_external_gw)
-		nm_ip4_config_set_gateway (config, priv->ip4_external_gw);
 
 	/* Internal address of the VPN subnet's gateway */
 	if (g_variant_lookup (dict, NM_VPN_PLUGIN_IP4_CONFIG_INT_GATEWAY, "u", &u32))
@@ -1308,8 +1306,6 @@ nm_vpn_connection_ip6_config_get (NMVpnConnection *self, GVariant *dict)
 
 	memset (&address, 0, sizeof (address));
 	address.plen = 128;
-	if (priv->ip6_external_gw)
-		nm_ip6_config_set_gateway (config, priv->ip6_external_gw);
 
 	/* Internal address of the VPN subnet's gateway */
 	g_clear_pointer (&priv->ip6_internal_gw, g_free);