diff --git a/attributes/proxy.rb b/attributes/proxy.rb
index 320d60bc7..ea193b80f 100644
--- a/attributes/proxy.rb
+++ b/attributes/proxy.rb
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@
 # Other Nginx proxy settings
 #
 default.elasticsearch[:nginx][:client_max_body_size] = "50M"
-default.elasticsearch[:nginx][:location] = "/"
+default.elasticsearch[:nginx][:location]             = "/"
+default.elasticsearch[:nginx][:ssl][:cert_file]      = nil
+default.elasticsearch[:nginx][:ssl][:key_file]       = nil