diff --git a/src/game_initialization/connect_engine.cpp b/src/game_initialization/connect_engine.cpp
index d56c57d98cff..033da2fc06aa 100644
--- a/src/game_initialization/connect_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/game_initialization/connect_engine.cpp
@@ -999,7 +999,8 @@ config side_engine::new_config() const
 		faction.remove_attribute("id");
 		faction.remove_attribute("name");
 		faction.remove_attribute("image");
-		faction.remove_attribute("flag_rgb");
+		faction.remove_attribute("gender");
+		faction.remove_attribute("type");
 		res.append(faction);
 	}