diff --git a/integration/test_authentication.py b/integration/test_authentication.py
index f53a3a471..697973653 100644
--- a/integration/test_authentication.py
+++ b/integration/test_authentication.py
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ def test_authentication_client_credentials(
             "some_scope offline_access",
             False,
         ),
-        ("okta - default scope", "test@test.de", "OKTA_DUMMY_CI_PW", OKTA_PORT_USERS, None, False),
         (
             "okta - no refresh",
             "test@test.de",
diff --git a/mock_tests/test_auth.py b/mock_tests/test_auth.py
index ff20fa0f2..a22c7bda5 100644
--- a/mock_tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/mock_tests/test_auth.py
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ def test_user_password(weaviate_auth_mock):
 
     user = "AUsername"
     pw = "SomePassWord"
-    scopes = "offline_access"
 
     # note: order matters. If this handler is not called, check of the order of arguments changed
     weaviate_auth_mock.expect_request(
         "/auth",
-        data=f"grant_type=password&username={user}&password={pw}&scope={scopes}&client_id={CLIENT_ID}",
+        data=f"grant_type=password&username={user}&password={pw}&client_id={CLIENT_ID}",
     ).respond_with_json(
         {"access_token": ACCESS_TOKEN, "expires_in": 500, "refresh_token": REFRESH_TOKEN}
     )
diff --git a/weaviate/auth.py b/weaviate/auth.py
index d11a9e59b..99cb34ed2 100644
--- a/weaviate/auth.py
+++ b/weaviate/auth.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Authentication class definitions.
 """
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Optional, Union, List
 
 from weaviate.warnings import _Warnings
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class AuthClientPassword:
 
     username: str
     password: str
-    scope: Optional[SCOPES] = field(default_factory=lambda: ["offline_access"])
+    scope: Optional[SCOPES] = None
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         if self.scope is None: