diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 1f2edd1..144cc87 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -196,10 +196,8 @@ func rootCmdRun(*cobra.Command, []string) {
 	// Wait until all of the servers are ready to go before we fire up the HTTP server.
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	// If the SFTP subsystem should be started, do so now.
-	if c.System.Sftp.UseInternalSystem {
-		sftp.Initialize(c)
-	}
+	// Initalize SFTP.
+	sftp.Initialize(c)
 
 	// Ensure the archive directory exists.
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(c.System.ArchiveDirectory, 0755); err != nil {
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index f79b0f0..2490a27 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ type Configuration struct {
 
 // Defines the configuration of the internal SFTP server.
 type SftpConfiguration struct {
-	// If set to false, the internal SFTP server will not be booted and you will need
-	// to run the SFTP server independent of this program.
-	UseInternalSystem bool `default:"true" json:"use_internal" yaml:"use_internal"`
 	// If set to true disk checking will not be performed. This will prevent the SFTP
 	// server from checking the total size of a directory when uploading files.
 	DisableDiskChecking bool `default:"false" yaml:"disable_disk_checking"`
diff --git a/config/config_system.go b/config/config_system.go
index b5f6095..968988b 100644
--- a/config/config_system.go
+++ b/config/config_system.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type SystemConfiguration struct {
 	// the user did not press the stop button, but the process stopped cleanly.
 	DetectCleanExitAsCrash bool `default:"true" yaml:"detect_clean_exit_as_crash"`
 
-	Sftp *SftpConfiguration `yaml:"sftp"`
+	Sftp SftpConfiguration `yaml:"sftp"`
 }
 
 // Ensures that all of the system directories exist on the system. These directories are