diff --git a/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg b/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg
index 5de61bb6d1..effc62c274 100644
--- a/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/xrpld-example.cfg
@@ -1466,10 +1466,7 @@ admin = 127.0.0.1
 protocol = http
 
 [port_peer]
-# Many servers still use the legacy port of 51235, so for backward-compatibility
-# we maintain that port number here. However, for new servers we recommend
-# changing this to the default port of 2459.
-port = 51235
+port = 2459
 ip = 0.0.0.0
 # alternatively, to accept connections on IPv4 + IPv6, use:
 #ip = ::