diff --git a/src/common/connection.py b/src/common/connection.py
index 6c2ed9ecac1db58a4e85b7833412b949d3a4c809..0097ec219fb04985f3dee67b48153629bb8170a6 100644
--- a/src/common/connection.py
+++ b/src/common/connection.py
@@ -519,10 +519,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionHandlers):
 		if len(self._hosts):
 			# No config option exist when creating a new account
 			if self.last_connection_type:
-				if self.last_connection_type == 'plain':
-					self._connection_types = ['plain']
-				else:
-					self._connection_types = [self.last_connection_type]
+				self._connection_types = [self.last_connection_type]
 			elif self.name in gajim.config.get_per('accounts'):
 				self._connection_types = gajim.config.get_per('accounts', self.name,
 					'connection_types').split()