diff --git a/sys/geom/eli/g_eli.c b/sys/geom/eli/g_eli.c
index 803678d9119e..585e842179ea 100644
--- a/sys/geom/eli/g_eli.c
+++ b/sys/geom/eli/g_eli.c
@@ -532,8 +532,7 @@ g_eli_crypto_run(struct g_eli_worker *wr, struct bio *bp)
 
 		crd->crd_skip = 0;
 		crd->crd_len = secsize;
-		crd->crd_flags =
-		    CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT | CRD_F_IV_PRESENT | CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT;
+		crd->crd_flags = CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT | CRD_F_IV_PRESENT;
 		if (bp->bio_cmd == BIO_WRITE)
 			crd->crd_flags |= CRD_F_ENCRYPT;
 		crd->crd_alg = sc->sc_algo;
diff --git a/sys/geom/eli/g_eli_crypto.c b/sys/geom/eli/g_eli_crypto.c
index 693dab7989d7..817ff72c5d62 100644
--- a/sys/geom/eli/g_eli_crypto.c
+++ b/sys/geom/eli/g_eli_crypto.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ g_eli_crypto_cipher(u_int algo, int enc, u_char *data, size_t datasize,
 
 	crd->crd_skip = 0;
 	crd->crd_len = datasize;
-	crd->crd_flags = CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT | CRD_F_IV_PRESENT | CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT;
+	crd->crd_flags = CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT | CRD_F_IV_PRESENT;
 	if (enc)
 		crd->crd_flags |= CRD_F_ENCRYPT;
 	crd->crd_alg = algo;