diff --git a/src/nvme/json.c b/src/nvme/json.c
index 2f256f43..af28bd48 100644
--- a/src/nvme/json.c
+++ b/src/nvme/json.c
@@ -434,11 +434,14 @@ int json_update_config(nvme_root_t r, const char *config_file)
 		}
 	}
 	if (!config_file) {
-		ret = json_object_to_fd(1, json_root, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY);
+		ret = json_object_to_fd(1, json_root,
+					JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY |
+					JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
 		printf("\n");
 	} else
 		ret = json_object_to_file_ext(config_file, json_root,
-					      JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY);
+					      JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY |
+					      JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		nvme_msg(r, LOG_ERR, "Failed to write to %s, %s\n",
 			 config_file ? "stdout" : config_file,
@@ -592,7 +595,9 @@ int json_dump_tree(nvme_root_t r)
 	}
 	json_object_object_add(json_root, "hosts", host_array);
 
-	ret = json_object_to_fd(r->log.fd, json_root, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY);
+	ret = json_object_to_fd(r->log.fd, json_root,
+				JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY |
+				JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		nvme_msg(r, LOG_ERR, "Failed to write, %s\n",
 			 json_util_get_last_err());
diff --git a/src/nvme/linux.c b/src/nvme/linux.c
index 2958367c..e74fac20 100644
--- a/src/nvme/linux.c
+++ b/src/nvme/linux.c
@@ -1604,79 +1604,6 @@ int __nvme_import_keys_from_config(nvme_host_t h, nvme_ctrl_t c,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-static char *__nvme_export_key(long keyring, long key_id, char **identity)
-{
-	_cleanup_free_ unsigned char *key = NULL;
-	int len, ver, hmac;
-	char type, *desc, *encoded_key;
-
-	key = nvme_read_key(keyring, key_id, &len);
-	if (!key) {
-		/*
-		 * Accessing the keyring is a priveleged opartion, thus it
-		 * might fail for a normal user, this is not an error.
-		 */
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	desc = nvme_describe_key_serial(key_id);
-	if (!desc) {
-		/*
-		 * Revoked keys don't return a description, thus ignore
-		 * them.
-		 */
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (sscanf(desc, "NVMe%01d%c%02d %*s", &ver, &type, &hmac) != 3)
-		return NULL;
-
-	encoded_key = nvme_export_tls_key_versioned(ver, hmac, key, len);
-	if (!encoded_key)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (identity)
-		*identity = desc;
-	return encoded_key;
-}
-
-static void export_keys_to_config(nvme_ctrl_t c)
-{
-	char *identity = NULL, *encoded_key;
-
-	if (!c->cfg.tls)
-		return;
-	/*
-	 * Do not update the configuration blindly. The user could have
-	 * provided configuration, but they keys are not loaded into
-	 * keystore yet.
-	 */
-
-	encoded_key =
-	    __nvme_export_key(c->cfg.keyring, c->cfg.tls_key, &identity);
-	if (identity) {
-		nvme_ctrl_set_tls_key_identity(c, identity);
-		free(identity);
-	}
-	if (encoded_key) {
-		nvme_ctrl_set_tls_key(c, encoded_key);
-		free(encoded_key);
-	}
-}
-
-int __nvme_export_keys_to_config(nvme_root_t r)
-{
-	nvme_host_t h;
-	nvme_subsystem_t s;
-	nvme_ctrl_t c;
-
-	nvme_for_each_host(r, h)
-		nvme_for_each_subsystem(h, s)
-			nvme_subsystem_for_each_ctrl(s, c)
-				export_keys_to_config(c);
-	return 0;
-}
 #else
 long nvme_lookup_keyring(const char *keyring)
 {
@@ -1756,11 +1683,6 @@ int __nvme_import_keys_from_config(nvme_host_t h, nvme_ctrl_t c,
 {
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
-
-int __nvme_export_keys_to_config(nvme_root_t r)
-{
-	return -ENOTSUP;
-}
 #endif
 
 long nvme_insert_tls_key(const char *keyring, const char *key_type,
diff --git a/src/nvme/private.h b/src/nvme/private.h
index 8eeb2c94..48ddedc2 100644
--- a/src/nvme/private.h
+++ b/src/nvme/private.h
@@ -302,6 +302,5 @@ void __nvme_mi_mctp_set_ops(const struct __mi_mctp_socket_ops *newops);
 
 int __nvme_import_keys_from_config(nvme_host_t h, nvme_ctrl_t c,
 				   long *keyring_id, long *key_id);
-int __nvme_export_keys_to_config(nvme_root_t r);
 
 #endif /* _LIBNVME_PRIVATE_H */
diff --git a/src/nvme/tree.c b/src/nvme/tree.c
index 9a1ef1d4..7fc20138 100644
--- a/src/nvme/tree.c
+++ b/src/nvme/tree.c
@@ -346,20 +346,6 @@ int nvme_update_config(nvme_root_t r)
 
 int nvme_dump_config(nvme_root_t r)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	err = __nvme_export_keys_to_config(r);
-	if (err) {
-		if (err == -ENOTSUP) {
-			nvme_msg(r, LOG_NOTICE,
-				 "exporting keys to the configuration failed because keysutils is missing\n");
-		} else {
-			nvme_msg(r, LOG_ERR,
-				 "exporting keys to the configuration failed with %s\n",
-				 nvme_errno_to_string(err));
-		}
-	}
-
 	return json_update_config(r, NULL);
 }