diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index 2d9de2f..60046df 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ $ENV{PATH} .= ":$GIT_PATH" if $GIT_PATH;
 
 # command and options for authorized_keys
 $AUTH_COMMAND="$bindir/gl-auth-command";
-$AUTH_OPTIONS="no-port-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding";
-    # note, for most users there's also a "no-pty" added to this, see later
+$AUTH_OPTIONS="no-port-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,no-pty";
 
 # groups can now represent user groups or repo groups.
 
@@ -544,7 +543,7 @@ for my $pubkey (`find . -type f`)
         print STDERR "WARNING: a pubkey file can only have one line (key); ignoring $pubkey\n";
         next;
     }
-    print $newkeys_fh "command=\"$AUTH_COMMAND $user\",$AUTH_OPTIONS,no-pty ";
+    print $newkeys_fh "command=\"$AUTH_COMMAND $user\",$AUTH_OPTIONS ";
     print $newkeys_fh $pubkey_content;
 }
 # lint check 3; a little more severe than the first two I guess...