diff --git a/stmhal/main.c b/stmhal/main.c
index 226b34dcd0065..0886791fb8138 100644
--- a/stmhal/main.c
+++ b/stmhal/main.c
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ static const char fresh_bootstrap_py[] =
 #include "genhdr/bootstrap.py.h"
 ;
 
-static const char fresh_wifi_json[] = "{\"ssid\":\"emfcamp-insecure\"}\r\n";
-
 static const char fresh_pybcdc_inf[] =
 #include "genhdr/pybcdc_inf.h"
 ;
@@ -202,11 +200,6 @@ void init_flash_fs(uint reset_mode) {
         // TODO check we could write n bytes
         f_close(&fp);
 
-        // create wifi.json
-        f_open(&fp, "/flash/wifi.json", FA_WRITE | FA_CREATE_ALWAYS);
-        f_write(&fp, fresh_wifi_json, sizeof(fresh_wifi_json) - 1 /* don't count null terminator */, &n);
-        f_close(&fp);
-
         // create .inf driver file
         f_open(&fp, "/flash/pybcdc.inf", FA_WRITE | FA_CREATE_ALWAYS);
         f_write(&fp, fresh_pybcdc_inf, sizeof(fresh_pybcdc_inf) - 1 /* don't count null terminator */, &n);