diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs
index c7f6829e34..3c5bbd3b61 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ use codex_app_server_protocol::TurnStartedNotification;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::TurnStatus;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::UserInput as V2UserInput;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::WarningNotification;
-use codex_config::Lenient;
 use codex_config::config_toml::ConfigToml;
 use codex_core::personality_migration::PERSONALITY_MIGRATION_FILENAME;
 use codex_features::FEATURES;
@@ -1324,10 +1323,7 @@ async fn turn_start_uses_migrated_pragmatic_personality_without_override_v2() ->
     let persisted_toml: ConfigToml = toml::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(
         codex_home.path().join("config.toml"),
     )?)?;
-    assert_eq!(
-        persisted_toml.personality,
-        Some(Lenient::from(Personality::Pragmatic))
-    );
+    assert_eq!(persisted_toml.personality, Some(Personality::Pragmatic));
     assert!(
         codex_home
             .path()
diff --git a/codex-rs/exec/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/exec/src/lib.rs
index 3a48a1e460..81f658606b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ use codex_app_server_protocol::TurnStartedNotification;
 use codex_arg0::Arg0DispatchPaths;
 use codex_cloud_requirements::cloud_requirements_loader_for_storage;
 use codex_config::ConfigLoadError;
-use codex_config::Lenient;
 use codex_config::LoaderOverrides;
 use codex_config::format_config_error_with_source;
 use codex_core::StateDbHandle;
@@ -360,7 +359,6 @@ pub async fn run_main(cli: Cli, arg0_paths: Arg0DispatchPaths) -> anyhow::Result
         config_toml
             .cli_auth_credentials_store
             .clone()
-            .and_then(Lenient::into_valid)
             .unwrap_or_default(),
         chatgpt_base_url,
     )
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
index 80def0b57e..28dc1bc095 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadSourceKind;
 use codex_cloud_requirements::cloud_requirements_loader_for_storage;
 use codex_config::CloudRequirementsLoader;
 use codex_config::ConfigLoadError;
-use codex_config::Lenient;
 use codex_config::LoaderOverrides;
 use codex_config::format_config_error_with_source;
 use codex_exec_server::EnvironmentManager;
@@ -811,7 +810,6 @@ pub async fn run_main(
         config_toml
             .cli_auth_credentials_store
             .clone()
-            .and_then(Lenient::into_valid)
             .unwrap_or_default(),
         chatgpt_base_url,
     )