diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 0d3332dd..874bedf2 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"inet.af/netaddr"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
 	"tailscale.com/types/dnstype"
-	"tailscale.com/types/wgkey"
+	"tailscale.com/types/key"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ const (
 type Config struct {
 	ServerURL                      string
 	Addr                           string
-	PrivateKeyPath                 string
 	EphemeralNodeInactivityTimeout time.Duration
 	IPPrefix                       netaddr.IPPrefix
 	BaseDomain                     string
@@ -129,8 +128,8 @@ type Headscale struct {
 	dbString   string
 	dbType     string
 	dbDebug    bool
-	publicKey  *wgkey.Key
-	privateKey *wgkey.Private
+	publicKey  *key.MachinePublic
+	privateKey *key.MachinePrivate
 
 	DERPMap *tailcfg.DERPMap
 
@@ -148,15 +147,7 @@ type Headscale struct {
 
 // NewHeadscale returns the Headscale app.
 func NewHeadscale(cfg Config) (*Headscale, error) {
-	content, err := os.ReadFile(cfg.PrivateKeyPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	privKey, err := wgkey.ParsePrivate(string(content))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	privKey := key.NewMachine()
 	pubKey := privKey.Public()
 
 	var dbString string
@@ -185,13 +176,13 @@ func NewHeadscale(cfg Config) (*Headscale, error) {
 		cfg:                  cfg,
 		dbType:               cfg.DBtype,
 		dbString:             dbString,
-		privateKey:           privKey,
+		privateKey:           &privKey,
 		publicKey:            &pubKey,
 		aclRules:             tailcfg.FilterAllowAll, // default allowall
 		requestedExpiryCache: requestedExpiryCache,
 	}
 
-	err = app.initDB()
+	err := app.initDB()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/config-example.yaml b/config-example.yaml
index 60369306..dc4bd579 100644
--- a/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config-example.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ server_url: http://127.0.0.1:8080
 # Address to listen to / bind to on the server
 listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:8080
 
-# Path to WireGuard private key file
-private_key_path: private.key
-
 derp:
   # List of externally available DERP maps encoded in JSON
   urls:
diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index fa766428..f5e8c3f4 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ log_level: debug
 
 `log_level` can be used to set the Log level for Headscale, it defaults to `debug`, and the available levels are: `trace`, `debug`, `info`, `warn` and `error`.
 
-```yaml
-private_key_path: private.key
-```
-
-`private_key_path` is the path to the Wireguard private key. If the path is relative, it will be interpreted as relative to the directory the configuration file was read from.
-
 ```yaml
 derp_map_path: derp.yaml
 ```
diff --git a/docs/DNS.md b/docs/DNS.md
index e51feaf6..53106526 100644
--- a/docs/DNS.md
+++ b/docs/DNS.md
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ The setup is done via the `config.yaml` file, under the `dns_config` key.
 ```yaml
 server_url: http://127.0.0.1:8001
 listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:8001
-private_key_path: private.key
 dns_config:
   nameservers:
     - 1.1.1.1
diff --git a/k8s/postgres/deployment.yaml b/k8s/postgres/deployment.yaml
index 661d87ed..75e64446 100644
--- a/k8s/postgres/deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/postgres/deployment.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ spec:
                 configMapKeyRef:
                   name: headscale-config
                   key: listen_addr
-            - name: PRIVATE_KEY_PATH
-              value: /vol/secret/private-key
             - name: DERP_MAP_PATH
               value: /vol/config/derp.yaml
             - name: EPHEMERAL_NODE_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/k8s/sqlite/statefulset.yaml b/k8s/sqlite/statefulset.yaml
index 71077dad..050bf766 100644
--- a/k8s/sqlite/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/k8s/sqlite/statefulset.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ spec:
                 configMapKeyRef:
                   name: headscale-config
                   key: listen_addr
-            - name: PRIVATE_KEY_PATH
-              value: /vol/secret/private-key
             - name: DERP_MAP_PATH
               value: /vol/config/derp.yaml
             - name: EPHEMERAL_NODE_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT