diff --git a/degesch.c b/degesch.c
index 7cffb3b..294afab 100644
--- a/degesch.c
+++ b/degesch.c
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ on_irc_timeout (void *user_data)
 {
 	// Provoke a response from the server
 	struct server *s = user_data;
-	irc_send (s, "PING :%s", get_config_string (s->ctx, s->irc_user->nickname));
+	irc_send (s, "PING :%s", s->irc_user->nickname);
 }
 
 // --- Processing server output ------------------------------------------------