diff --git a/endpoints/auth_resource.py b/endpoints/auth_resource.py
index 7e7638e15b05ecaee8135d82d455132b5097911f..ef1bbf90304a48da2c35397027fba4a0171d55ef 100644
--- a/endpoints/auth_resource.py
+++ b/endpoints/auth_resource.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class AuthResource(Resource):
 
     def __init__(self): 
         self.token = TokenModel()
-        data_dir = os.getenv("DATA_DIR")
         with open("/data/clients.json", "r") as clients_file:
             self.clients = json.load(clients_file)