From 8f7b9c1d0dcd50df0b545d5cbf096f2a7016dd1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rod Boev <rod.boev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 19:38:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(#5435): drop dead persisted-key state from config load

---
 api/config.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/config.py b/api/config.py
index 8aae5293..cff4fe95 100644
--- a/api/config.py
+++ b/api/config.py
@@ -8198,7 +8198,6 @@ def load_settings() -> dict:
     """Load settings from disk, merging with defaults for any missing keys."""
     settings = dict(_SETTINGS_DEFAULTS)
     stored = _read_raw_settings_file()
-    persisted_speech_keys = _extract_persisted_speech_keys(stored)
     if isinstance(stored, dict):
         if (
             "worklog_details_expanded_default" not in stored