diff --git a/tools/ade b/tools/ade
index fa1bdb28c826c6321cab2086df5e4c2202696ce3..16745684d29850ea43fc32de05738b6cdfc6e543 100755
--- a/tools/ade
+++ b/tools/ade
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ class Device:
         ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
         ssh.connect(self.host, port=self.port,
                     allow_agent=False, look_for_keys=False, gss_auth=False,
-                    username=self.user, password=self.password,
-                    key_filename=os.path.expanduser("~/.ssh/apertis.ssh"))
+                    username=self.user, password=self.password)
         return ssh
 
     def _exec(self, *args):