diff --git a/src/imagewriter.cpp b/src/imagewriter.cpp
index 7485e5f..ce15fdd 100644
--- a/src/imagewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/imagewriter.cpp
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ bool ImageWriter::hasSshKeyGen()
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     return QFile::exists(_sshKeyGen());
 #else
-    return true;
+    return !_embeddedMode;
 #endif
 }