diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 03da9a957..5bb0fc460 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -393,17 +391,6 @@ func (c *Client) Version(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 func Authorization(ctx context.Context, request *http.Request) (string, error) {
 	data := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s,%d", request.Method, request.URL.RequestURI(), time.Now().Unix()))
 
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	knownHostsFile, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(home, ".ollama", "known_hosts"), os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	defer knownHostsFile.Close()
-
 	token, err := auth.Sign(ctx, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err