diff --git a/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go b/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
index 114e37f3..79c243ba 100644
--- a/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
+++ b/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/address"
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/admin"
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/config"
+	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/defaults"
 
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/core"
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/multicast"
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func readConfig(log *log.Logger, useconf *bool, useconffile *string, normaliseco
 	// then parse the configuration we loaded above on top of it. The effect
 	// of this is that any configuration item that is missing from the provided
 	// configuration will use a sane default.
-	cfg := config.GenerateConfig()
+	cfg := defaults.GenerateConfig()
 	var dat map[string]interface{}
 	if err := hjson.Unmarshal(conf, &dat); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func readConfig(log *log.Logger, useconf *bool, useconffile *string, normaliseco
 // Generates a new configuration and returns it in HJSON format. This is used
 // with -genconf.
 func doGenconf(isjson bool) string {
-	cfg := config.GenerateConfig()
+	cfg := defaults.GenerateConfig()
 	var bs []byte
 	var err error
 	if isjson {
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ func main() {
 	case *autoconf:
 		// Use an autoconf-generated config, this will give us random keys and
 		// port numbers, and will use an automatically selected TUN/TAP interface.
-		cfg = config.GenerateConfig()
+		cfg = defaults.GenerateConfig()
 	case *useconffile != "" || *useconf:
 		// Read the configuration from either stdin or from the filesystem
 		cfg = readConfig(logger, useconf, useconffile, normaliseconf)
diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index 934c4091..767dc188 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/defaults"
 )
 
 // NodeConfig is the main configuration structure, containing configuration
@@ -44,32 +42,6 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 	NodeInfo            map[string]interface{} `comment:"Optional node info. This must be a { \"key\": \"value\", ... } map\nor set as null. This is entirely optional but, if set, is visible\nto the whole network on request."`
 }
 
-// Generates default configuration and returns a pointer to the resulting
-// NodeConfig. This is used when outputting the -genconf parameter and also when
-// using -autoconf.
-func GenerateConfig() *NodeConfig {
-	// Generate encryption keys.
-	spub, spriv, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	// Create a node configuration and populate it.
-	cfg := NodeConfig{}
-	cfg.Listen = []string{}
-	cfg.AdminListen = defaults.GetDefaults().DefaultAdminListen
-	cfg.PublicKey = hex.EncodeToString(spub[:])
-	cfg.PrivateKey = hex.EncodeToString(spriv[:])
-	cfg.Peers = []string{}
-	cfg.InterfacePeers = map[string][]string{}
-	cfg.AllowedPublicKeys = []string{}
-	cfg.MulticastInterfaces = defaults.GetDefaults().DefaultMulticastInterfaces
-	cfg.IfName = defaults.GetDefaults().DefaultIfName
-	cfg.IfMTU = defaults.GetDefaults().DefaultIfMTU
-	cfg.NodeInfoPrivacy = false
-
-	return &cfg
-}
-
 // NewSigningKeys replaces the signing keypair in the NodeConfig with a new
 // signing keypair. The signing keys are used by the switch to derive the
 // structure of the spanning tree.
diff --git a/src/defaults/defaults.go b/src/defaults/defaults.go
index a885c5dd..238a36d7 100644
--- a/src/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/src/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
+import "github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/config"
+
 // Defines which parameters are expected by default for configuration on a
 // specific platform. These values are populated in the relevant defaults_*.go
 // for the platform being targeted. They must be set.
@@ -18,3 +20,23 @@ type platformDefaultParameters struct {
 	DefaultIfMTU  uint64
 	DefaultIfName string
 }
+
+// Generates default configuration and returns a pointer to the resulting
+// NodeConfig. This is used when outputting the -genconf parameter and also when
+// using -autoconf.
+func GenerateConfig() *config.NodeConfig {
+	// Create a node configuration and populate it.
+	cfg := new(config.NodeConfig)
+	cfg.NewKeys()
+	cfg.Listen = []string{}
+	cfg.AdminListen = GetDefaults().DefaultAdminListen
+	cfg.Peers = []string{}
+	cfg.InterfacePeers = map[string][]string{}
+	cfg.AllowedPublicKeys = []string{}
+	cfg.MulticastInterfaces = GetDefaults().DefaultMulticastInterfaces
+	cfg.IfName = GetDefaults().DefaultIfName
+	cfg.IfMTU = GetDefaults().DefaultIfMTU
+	cfg.NodeInfoPrivacy = false
+
+	return cfg
+}