diff --git a/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go b/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go
index 7d9be76e..c0360e9a 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ type TftpConf struct {
 
 type NfsConf struct {
 	Enabled         bool             `default:"true" yaml:"enabled"`
-	Exports         []string         `yaml:"exports"`
 	ExportsExtended []*NfsExportConf `yaml:"export paths"`
 	SystemdName     string           `yaml:"systemd name"`
 }
diff --git a/overlays/host/etc/exports.ww b/overlays/host/etc/exports.ww
index 56291e10..33558262 100644
--- a/overlays/host/etc/exports.ww
+++ b/overlays/host/etc/exports.ww
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 {{- range .Nfs.ExportsExtended }}
 {{ .Path }} {{ $network }}/{{ $netmask }}({{ .ExportOptions }})
 {{- end }}
-{{range .Nfs.Exports }}
-{{ . }} {{ $network }}/{{ $netmask }}(rw,sync)
-{{- end }}
 {{- else }}
 {{ abort }}
 {{- end }}