diff --git a/release/tools/gce.conf b/release/tools/gce.conf
index 1ae830ce7905..cda6b40ab7ac 100644
--- a/release/tools/gce.conf
+++ b/release/tools/gce.conf
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ EOF
 ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
 X11Forwarding no
 AcceptEnv LANG
-Ciphers aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc
 AllowAgentForwarding no
 ClientAliveInterval 420
 EOF