diff --git a/src/calng/CalibrationManager.py b/src/calng/CalibrationManager.py
index ce05c5a02ed8d8d8ead944e1d3c0fb4c288ae96c..39ae148256b152f7115b20dca11dbade6c34f982 100644
--- a/src/calng/CalibrationManager.py
+++ b/src/calng/CalibrationManager.py
@@ -379,13 +379,7 @@ class CalibrationManager(DeviceClientBase, Device):
         displayedName='CalCat URL',
         description='[NYI] URL to CalCat API to use for constant retrieval, '
                     'set by local secrets file',
-        accessMode=AccessMode.INITONLY,
-        assignment=Assignment.MANDATORY)
-
-    calcatClientId = String(
-        displayedName='calibration client ID',
-        accessMode=AccessMode.INITONLY,
-        assignment=Assignment.MANDATORY)
+        accessMode=AccessMode.READONLY)
 
     webserverApi = Node(
         WebserverApiNode,