diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index e51d8f577..5b0ca4db8 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -435,8 +435,6 @@ async function start() {
 
     await util.promisify(gHttpServer.listen.bind(gHttpServer))(constants.PORT, '127.0.0.1');
     await safe(eventlog.add(eventlog.ACTION_START, { userId: null, username: 'boot' }, { version: constants.VERSION })); // can fail if db down
-
-    try { await oidc.clients.add('foo', 'bar', 'https://openidconnect.net/callback'); } catch (e) { console.log('Client already exists', e); }
 }
 
 async function stop() {