diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e36448770..10d6081c7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3678,7 +3678,7 @@ Specifies the location of the SSL certification directory. Default: Depends on t
 
 - **Debian:** '/etc/ssl/certs'
 - **Red Hat:** '/etc/pki/tls/certs'
-- **FreeBSD:** '/usr/local/etc/apache22'
+- **FreeBSD:** undef
 - **Gentoo:** '/etc/ssl/apache2'
 
 ##### `ssl_chain`
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 613cb8c8c0..1f9f60a806 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
     $dev_packages     = undef
     $default_ssl_cert = '/usr/local/etc/apache24/server.crt'
     $default_ssl_key  = '/usr/local/etc/apache24/server.key'
-    $ssl_certs_dir    = '/usr/local/etc/apache24'
+    $ssl_certs_dir    = undef
     $passenger_conf_file = 'passenger.conf'
     $passenger_conf_package_file = undef
     $passenger_root   = '/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/passenger-4.0.58'