diff --git a/src/aap_eda/settings/defaults.py b/src/aap_eda/settings/defaults.py
index 825460e8b..079f83be7 100644
--- a/src/aap_eda/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/src/aap_eda/settings/defaults.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 # DJANGO ANSIBLE BASE RESOURCE API CLIENT
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 
-RESOURCE_SERVER__URL: Optional[str] = "https://localhost"
+RESOURCE_SERVER__URL: Optional[str] = None
 RESOURCE_SERVER__SECRET_KEY: Optional[str] = ""
 RESOURCE_SERVER__VALIDATE_HTTPS: bool = False
 RESOURCE_JWT_USER_ID: Optional[str] = None