diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
index 0c73aa7cab..32bf367c53 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ hostapd_prepare_device_config() {
 	local base="${config%%.conf}"
 	local base_cfg=
 
-	json_get_vars country country_ie beacon_int basic_rate
+	json_get_vars country country_ie beacon_int
 
 	hostapd_set_log_options base_cfg