diff --git a/internal/configuration/settings/wireguard.go b/internal/configuration/settings/wireguard.go
index c861e8e5..3edf133d 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/settings/wireguard.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/settings/wireguard.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type Wireguard struct {
 	// It has been lowered to 1320 following quite a bit of
 	// investigation in the issue:
 	// https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun/issues/2533.
+	// Note this should now be replaced with the PMTUD feature.
 	MTU uint16 `json:"mtu"`
 	// Implementation is the Wireguard implementation to use.
 	// It can be "auto", "userspace" or "kernelspace".
diff --git a/internal/vpn/tunnelup.go b/internal/vpn/tunnelup.go
index 966f6f9a..ec0c4c22 100644
--- a/internal/vpn/tunnelup.go
+++ b/internal/vpn/tunnelup.go
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ func updateToMaxMTU(ctx context.Context, vpnInterface string,
 		return fmt.Errorf("getting VPN interface by name: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	originalMTU := link.MTU
+
 	// Note: no point testing for an MTU of 1500, it will never work due to the VPN
 	// protocol overhead, so start lower than 1500 according to the protocol used.
 	const physicalLinkMTU = 1500
@@ -123,10 +125,9 @@ func updateToMaxMTU(ctx context.Context, vpnInterface string,
 	case err == nil:
 		logger.Infof("Setting VPN interface %s MTU to maximum valid MTU %d", vpnInterface, vpnLinkMTU)
 	case errors.Is(err, pmtud.ErrMTUNotFound):
-		const conservativeMTU = 1300
-		vpnLinkMTU = conservativeMTU
-		logger.Infof("Setting VPN interface %s MTU to a conservative MTU of %d (due to: %s)",
-			vpnInterface, conservativeMTU, err)
+		vpnLinkMTU = int(originalMTU)
+		logger.Infof("Reverting VPN interface %s MTU to %d (due to: %s)",
+			vpnInterface, originalMTU, err)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("path MTU discovering: %w", err)
 	}