diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 0ba33ed8..8db2e0af 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,3 @@ logging:
       write-dates-as-timestamps: false
     deserialization:
       fail-on-unknown-properties: false
-openrouter:
-  api-key: ${OPENROUTER_API_KEY:}
-  model: ${OPENROUTER_MODEL:openai/gpt-oss-120b:free}