diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2a28ed0f..fc0592a7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4883,8 +4883,6 @@ echo "tnef: $tnef"
 id -u $RUNNING_USER 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
 if test $? -eq 1; then echo "the user \"$RUNNING_USER\" does not exists, please create it, first with adduser..."; exit 1; fi
 
-iv=`util/gen-iv.pl`
-
 echo; echo
 
 CFLAGS="$static -O2 -Wall -g"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 88f979f4..cbe3ae08 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -550,8 +550,6 @@ echo "tnef: $tnef"
 id -u $RUNNING_USER 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
 if test $? -eq 1; then echo "the user \"$RUNNING_USER\" does not exists, please create it, first with adduser..."; exit 1; fi
 
-iv=`util/gen-iv.pl`
-
 echo; echo
 
 CFLAGS="$static -O2 -Wall -g"
diff --git a/etc/Makefile.in b/etc/Makefile.in
index 360405e2..e19395f6 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 
 all:
 	sed -e 's%pidfile=.*%pidfile=$(localstatedir)/run/piler/piler.pid%g' \
-	-e 's%iv=.*%iv=@iv@%g' \
 	-e 's%pemfile=%pemfile=$(sysconfdir)/piler.pem%g' \
 	-e 's%workdir=.*%workdir=$(localstatedir)/piler/tmp%g' < $(srcdir)/example.conf | grep -v ^\; | grep '=' | sort > $(srcdir)/piler.conf
 
diff --git a/etc/example.conf b/etc/example.conf
index 190cfed8..3a0b0eb9 100644
--- a/etc/example.conf
+++ b/etc/example.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ default_retention_days=2557
 ; this is a 16 character long vector
 ; after the installation you must not change it ever
 ; otherwise you can't access your emails
-iv=****************
+;iv=****************
 
 ; whether to encrypt messages (1) or not (0).
 ; Make sure to set this value to your needs right after installing piler,
diff --git a/util/gen-iv.pl b/util/gen-iv.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 25879ccb..00000000
--- a/util/gen-iv.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-#
-
-@x = ('A'..'Z','a'..'z',0..9);
-$iv = "";
-
-srand;
-
-for($i=0; $i<16; $i++){
-   $iv .= @x[rand @x];
-}
-
-print $iv;