diff --git a/release/tools/ec2.conf b/release/tools/ec2.conf
--- a/release/tools/ec2.conf
+++ b/release/tools/ec2.conf
@@ -126,11 +126,9 @@
 		's/^#KbdInteractiveAuthentication yes/KbdInteractiveAuthentication no/' \
 		${DESTDIR}/etc/ssh/sshd_config
 
-	# Use FreeBSD Update and Portsnap mirrors hosted in AWS
+	# Use FreeBSD Update mirrors hosted in AWS
 	sed -i '' -e 's/update.FreeBSD.org/aws.update.FreeBSD.org/' \
 		${DESTDIR}/etc/freebsd-update.conf
-	sed -i '' -e 's/portsnap.FreeBSD.org/aws.portsnap.FreeBSD.org/' \
-		${DESTDIR}/etc/portsnap.conf
 
 	# Use the NTP service provided by Amazon
 	sed -i '' -e 's/^pool/#pool/' \