diff --git a/src/api2/node/certificates.rs b/src/api2/node/certificates.rs
index e6ad59b3..79df5d0f 100644
--- a/src/api2/node/certificates.rs
+++ b/src/api2/node/certificates.rs
@@ -175,12 +175,13 @@ pub fn get_info() -> Result<Vec<CertificateInfo>, Error> {
             node: { schema: NODE_SCHEMA },
             certificates: { description: "PEM encoded certificate (chain)." },
             key: { description: "PEM encoded private key." },
+            // FIXME: widget-toolkit should have an option to disable using these 2 parameters...
             restart: {
-                description: "Restart proxmox-backup-proxy",
+                description: "UI compatibility parameter, ignored",
+                type: Boolean,
                 optional: true,
                 default: false,
             },
-            // FIXME: widget-toolkit should have an option to disable using this parameter...
             force: {
                 description: "Force replacement of existing files.",
                 type: Boolean,
@@ -200,10 +201,9 @@ pub fn get_info() -> Result<Vec<CertificateInfo>, Error> {
     protected: true,
 )]
 /// Upload a custom certificate.
-pub fn upload_custom_certificate(
+pub async fn upload_custom_certificate(
     certificates: String,
     key: String,
-    restart: bool,
 ) -> Result<Vec<CertificateInfo>, Error> {
     let certificates = X509::stack_from_pem(certificates.as_bytes())
         .map_err(|err| format_err!("failed to decode certificate chain: {}", err))?;
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ pub fn upload_custom_certificate(
 
     let key = key.private_key_to_pem_pkcs8()?;
 
-    crate::config::set_proxy_certificate(&certificates, &key, restart)?;
+    crate::config::set_proxy_certificate(&certificates, &key)?;
+    crate::server::reload_proxy_certificate().await?;
 
     get_info()
 }
@@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ pub fn upload_custom_certificate(
         properties: {
             node: { schema: NODE_SCHEMA },
             restart: {
-                description: "Restart proxmox-backup-proxy",
+                description: "UI compatibility parameter, ignored",
+                type: Boolean,
                 optional: true,
                 default: false,
             },
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ pub fn upload_custom_certificate(
     protected: true,
 )]
 /// Delete the current certificate and regenerate a self signed one.
-pub fn delete_custom_certificate(restart: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub async fn delete_custom_certificate() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let cert_path = configdir!("/proxy.pem");
     // Here we fail since if this fails nothing else breaks anyway
     std::fs::remove_file(&cert_path)
@@ -263,10 +265,7 @@ pub fn delete_custom_certificate(restart: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 
     crate::config::update_self_signed_cert(true)?;
-
-    if restart {
-        crate::config::reload_proxy()?;
-    }
+    crate::server::reload_proxy_certificate().await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -535,7 +534,8 @@ fn spawn_certificate_worker(
 
     WorkerTask::spawn(name, None, auth_id, true, move |worker| async move {
         if let Some(cert) = order_certificate(worker, &node_config).await? {
-            crate::config::set_proxy_certificate(&cert.certificate, &cert.private_key_pem, true)?;
+            crate::config::set_proxy_certificate(&cert.certificate, &cert.private_key_pem)?;
+            crate::server::reload_proxy_certificate().await?;
         }
         Ok(())
     })
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ pub fn revoke_acme_cert(rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment) -> Result<String, Error
             worker.log("Revoking old certificate");
             acme.revoke_certificate(cert_pem.as_bytes(), None).await?;
             worker.log("Deleting certificate and regenerating a self-signed one");
-            delete_custom_certificate(true)?;
+            delete_custom_certificate().await?;
             Ok(())
         },
     )
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 22c293c9..b9cd6281 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -187,16 +187,12 @@ pub fn update_self_signed_cert(force: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let x509 = x509.build();
     let cert_pem = x509.to_pem()?;
 
-    set_proxy_certificate(&cert_pem, &priv_pem, false)?;
+    set_proxy_certificate(&cert_pem, &priv_pem)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn set_proxy_certificate(
-    cert_pem: &[u8],
-    key_pem: &[u8],
-    reload: bool,
-) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub(crate) fn set_proxy_certificate(cert_pem: &[u8], key_pem: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let backup_user = crate::backup::backup_user()?;
     let options = CreateOptions::new()
         .perm(Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o0640))
@@ -211,14 +207,5 @@ pub(crate) fn set_proxy_certificate(
     replace_file(&cert_path, &cert_pem, options)
         .map_err(|err| format_err!("error writing certificate file - {}", err))?;
 
-    if reload {
-        reload_proxy()?;
-    }
-
     Ok(())
 }
-
-pub(crate) fn reload_proxy() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    crate::tools::systemd::reload_unit("proxmox-backup-proxy")
-        .map_err(|err| format_err!("error signaling reload to pbs proxy: {}", err))
-}
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index b6a37b92..ba25617d 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use anyhow::{format_err, Error};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use nix::unistd::Pid;
+use serde_json::Value;
 
 use proxmox::sys::linux::procfs::PidStat;
 
@@ -91,3 +92,11 @@ pub use report::*;
 pub mod ticket;
 
 pub mod auth;
+
+pub(crate) async fn reload_proxy_certificate() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let proxy_pid = crate::server::read_pid(buildcfg::PROXMOX_BACKUP_PROXY_PID_FN)?;
+    let sock = crate::server::ctrl_sock_from_pid(proxy_pid);
+    let _: Value = crate::server::send_raw_command(sock, "{\"command\":\"reload-certificate\"}\n")
+        .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}