diff --git a/ipaserver/plugins/cert.py b/ipaserver/plugins/cert.py
index 2e32f4ecd..36a0e8cb3 100644
--- a/ipaserver/plugins/cert.py
+++ b/ipaserver/plugins/cert.py
@@ -1807,7 +1807,6 @@ class cert_find(Search, CertMethod):
                             # For the case of CA-less we need to keep
                             # the certificate because getting it again later
                             # would require unnecessary LDAP searches.
-                            cert = cert.to_cryptography()
                             obj['certificate'] = (
                                 base64.b64encode(
                                     cert.public_bytes(x509.Encoding.DER))