diff --git a/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/chatgpt_token.rs b/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/chatgpt_token.rs
index 55b6886c59..55ebc22a08 100644
--- a/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/chatgpt_token.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/chatgpt_token.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub fn set_chatgpt_token_data(value: TokenData) {
 
 /// Initialize the ChatGPT token from auth.json file
 pub async fn init_chatgpt_token_from_auth(codex_home: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let auth = codex_login::load_auth(codex_home, true)?;
+    let auth = codex_login::load_auth(codex_home)?;
     if let Some(auth) = auth {
         let token_data = auth.get_token_data().await?;
         set_chatgpt_token_data(token_data);
diff --git a/codex-rs/cli/src/proto.rs b/codex-rs/cli/src/proto.rs
index 9f9a94ed4d..291e1680f1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/cli/src/proto.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/cli/src/proto.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub async fn run_main(opts: ProtoCli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
 
     let config = Config::load_with_cli_overrides(overrides_vec, ConfigOverrides::default())?;
-    let auth = load_auth(&config.codex_home, true)?;
+    let auth = load_auth(&config.codex_home)?;
     let ctrl_c = notify_on_sigint();
     let CodexSpawnOk { codex, .. } = Codex::spawn(config, auth, ctrl_c.clone()).await?;
     let codex = Arc::new(codex);
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
index 057d25168b..a5cfe28393 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ fn should_show_login_screen(config: &Config) -> bool {
         // Reading the OpenAI API key is an async operation because it may need
         // to refresh the token. Block on it.
         let codex_home = config.codex_home.clone();
-        match load_auth(&codex_home, true) {
+        match load_auth(&codex_home) {
             Ok(Some(_)) => false,
             Ok(None) => true,
             Err(err) => {