To disable this setting, you can do the following:
sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
In this file, set the following settings to the following values. If these settings are already in the file, set them to "no" rather than add new lines.
PubkeyAuthentication yes
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
PasswordAuthentication no
UsePAM no
Once this is done, restart the SSH daemon to apply the settings.
sudo systemctl restart sshd
or
/etc/init.d/ssh restart