diff --git a/consensus/tendermint/config.go b/consensus/tendermint/config.go
index 40491dcbbefc6493f76461a95dba977ec502984e..f1566a890c125a7eb07d075d884d254af08d6ab1 100644
--- a/consensus/tendermint/config.go
+++ b/consensus/tendermint/config.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func (btc *BurrowTendermintConfig) TendermintConfig() *tm_config.Config {
 		conf.P2P.RootDir = btc.TendermintRoot
 		conf.P2P.Seeds = btc.Seeds
 		conf.P2P.ListenAddress = btc.ListenAddress
+		conf.P2P.AuthEnc = false
 		conf.Moniker = btc.Moniker
 	}
 	// Disable Tendermint RPC