diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/date.conf b/board/common/overlay/etc/date.conf
index 167229d5ba..d6ff2d4861 100644
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/date.conf
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/date.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 DATE_TIMEOUT=10
-DATE_METHOD=http
+DATE_METHOD=sntp
 DATE_HOST="google.com"
 DATE_INTERVAL=900
 DATE_NTP_SERVER=""
-