diff --git a/guh.pri b/guh.pri
index 3edc6234..f5fa9dd9 100644
--- a/guh.pri
+++ b/guh.pri
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 GUH_VERSION_STRING=$$system('dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n -e "s/^Version: //p"')
 
 # define JSON protocol version
-JSON_PROTOCOL_VERSION=23
+JSON_PROTOCOL_VERSION=24
 
 DEFINES += GUH_VERSION_STRING=\\\"$${GUH_VERSION_STRING}\\\" JSON_PROTOCOL_VERSION=\\\"$${JSON_PROTOCOL_VERSION}\\\"
 
diff --git a/server/jsonrpc/ruleshandler.cpp b/server/jsonrpc/ruleshandler.cpp
index 0e838d32..8f59a8ae 100644
--- a/server/jsonrpc/ruleshandler.cpp
+++ b/server/jsonrpc/ruleshandler.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ RulesHandler::RulesHandler(QObject *parent) :
     params.insert("o:stateEvaluator", JsonTypes::stateEvaluatorRef());
     params.insert("o:exitActions", QVariantList() << JsonTypes::ruleActionRef());
     params.insert("o:enabled", JsonTypes::basicTypeToString(JsonTypes::Bool));
-    params.insert("o:active", JsonTypes::basicTypeToString(JsonTypes::Bool));
     params.insert("name", JsonTypes::basicTypeToString(JsonTypes::String));
     QVariantList actions;
     actions.append(JsonTypes::ruleActionRef());
diff --git a/tests/auto/api.json b/tests/auto/api.json
index f870ad2b..3dd20922 100644
--- a/tests/auto/api.json
+++ b/tests/auto/api.json
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@
                     "$ref:RuleAction"
                 ],
                 "name": "String",
-                "o:active": "Bool",
                 "o:enabled": "Bool",
                 "o:eventDescriptor": "$ref:EventDescriptor",
                 "o:eventDescriptorList": [