diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 636e28a6..84e1895d 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ end
 # Simple alias to make code easier to read
 alias IV = Invidious
 
-CONFIG              = Config.load
-HMAC_KEY_CONFIGURED = CONFIG.hmac_key != nil
-HMAC_KEY            = CONFIG.hmac_key || Random::Secure.hex(32)
+CONFIG   = Config.load
+HMAC_KEY = CONFIG.hmac_key
 
 PG_DB       = DB.open CONFIG.database_url
 ARCHIVE_URL = URI.parse("https://archive.org")
@@ -230,10 +229,6 @@ Kemal.config.host_binding = Kemal.config.host_binding != "0.0.0.0" ? Kemal.confi
 Kemal.config.port = Kemal.config.port != 3000 ? Kemal.config.port : CONFIG.port
 Kemal.config.app_name = "Invidious"
 
-if !HMAC_KEY_CONFIGURED
-  LOGGER.warn("Please configure hmac_key by July 1st, see more here: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/3854")
-end
-
 # Use in kemal's production mode.
 # Users can also set the KEMAL_ENV environmental variable for this to be set automatically.
 {% if flag?(:release) || flag?(:production) %}
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/template.ecr b/src/invidious/views/template.ecr
index aa0fc15f..77265679 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/template.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/template.ecr
@@ -111,14 +111,6 @@
                 </div>
             <% end %>
 
-            <% if env.get? "user" %>
-                <% if !HMAC_KEY_CONFIGURED && CONFIG.admins.includes? env.get("user").as(Invidious::User).email %>
-                <div class="h-box">
-                        <h3><p>Message for admin: please configure hmac_key, <a href="https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/3854">see more here</a>.</p></h3>
-                    </div>
-                <% end %>
-            <% end %>
-
             <%= content %>
 
             <footer>