diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index 90dbe191..787ce5c8 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ generate_ssh_key() {
 }
 
 generate_ssh_host_keys() {
-  sed -i "s|^[#]*MaxStartups 10:30:60|MaxStartups ${GITLAB_SSH_MAXSTARTUPS}|" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+  sed -i "s|^[#]*MaxStartups[^$]*|MaxStartups ${GITLAB_SSH_MAXSTARTUPS}|" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   sed -i "s|#HostKey /etc/ssh/|HostKey ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/ssh/|g" /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   if [[ ! -e ${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ]]; then
     echo -n "Generating OpenSSH host keys... "