diff --git a/js/app/map/util.js b/js/app/map/util.js
index ce2ecef7..0b927aa3 100644
--- a/js/app/map/util.js
+++ b/js/app/map/util.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ define([
         // normalize connection array
         connectionTypes = $.grep(connectionTypes, function(n){
             // 'default' is added by jsPlumb by default -_-
-            return ( n.length > 0 && n !== 'default');
+            return ( n.length > 0 && n !== 'default' && n !== 'active');
         });
 
         let data = {