diff --git a/homeassistant/auth/providers/homeassistant.py b/homeassistant/auth/providers/homeassistant.py
index 19aeea5b22e6f9..2c5a76d2c90612 100644
--- a/homeassistant/auth/providers/homeassistant.py
+++ b/homeassistant/auth/providers/homeassistant.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from . import AuthProvider, AUTH_PROVIDER_SCHEMA, AUTH_PROVIDERS, LoginFlow
 
 from ..models import Credentials, UserMeta
-from ..util import generate_secret
 
 
 STORAGE_VERSION = 1
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ async def async_load(self) -> None:
 
         if data is None:
             data = {
-                'salt': generate_secret(),
                 'users': []
             }