diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index f4cfdea62..141e3e957 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
   /*
    * Restrict socket.io transport methods
    */
-  "socketTransportProtocols" : ["xhr-polling", "jsonp-polling", "htmlfile"],
+  "socketTransportProtocols" : ["websocket"],
 
   /*
    * Allow Load Testing tools to hit the Etherpad Instance.