diff --git a/debian/patches/secure-by-default.patch b/debian/patches/secure-by-default.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 996bc6d..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/secure-by-default.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/TelnetV6.c
-+++ b/TelnetV6.c
-@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@
- 		TCP->IPV4 = TRUE;
- 		TCP->SecureTelnet = 1;
- 		strcpy(TCP->CMSServer, "cms.winlink.org");
-+		TCP->SecureTelnet = 1;
- 	}
- 
- 	TNC = TNCInfo[Port];
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 8e599fc..90fc185 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ headers.patch
 ftbfs-gcc14.patch
 spelling-errors.patch
 makefile
-secure-by-default.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8affa7a..9df5872 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=-all,-format qa=-bug-implicit-func
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all,-format qa=-bug-implicit-func
 
 %:
 	dh $@