diff --git a/include/authentication.hpp b/include/authentication.hpp
index 6a9e6ad..84875a9 100644
--- a/include/authentication.hpp
+++ b/include/authentication.hpp
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@
     // needed.
     // This whole flow needs to be revisited anyway, as we can't be
     // calling directly into pam for every request
-    std::string unsupportedClientId;
     return persistent_data::SessionStore::getInstance().generateUserSession(
-        user, clientIp, unsupportedClientId,
+        user, clientIp, std::nullopt,
         persistent_data::PersistenceType::SINGLE_REQUEST, isConfigureSelfOnly);
 }
 #endif