diff --git a/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c b/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
index 611c9798b3ae5c..1f49ab8548be80 100644
--- a/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
+++ b/contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ static CFStringRef username;
 static CFDataRef password;
 static CFDataRef password_expiry_utc;
 static CFDataRef oauth_refresh_token;
-static int state_seen;
 
 static void clear_credential(void)
 {
@@ -172,9 +171,6 @@ static OSStatus find_internet_password(void)
 
 	CFRelease(item);
 
-	write_item("capability[]", "state", strlen("state"));
-	write_item("state[]", "osxkeychain:seen=1", strlen("osxkeychain:seen=1"));
-
 out:
 	CFRelease(attrs);
 
@@ -288,9 +284,6 @@ static OSStatus add_internet_password(void)
 	CFDictionaryRef attrs;
 	OSStatus result;
 
-	if (state_seen)
-		return errSecSuccess;
-
 	/* Only store complete credentials */
 	if (!protocol || !host || !username || !password)
 		return -1;
@@ -402,10 +395,6 @@ static void read_credential(void)
 			oauth_refresh_token = CFDataCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault,
 							   (UInt8 *)v,
 							   strlen(v));
-		else if (!strcmp(buf, "state[]")) {
-			if (!strcmp(v, "osxkeychain:seen=1"))
-				state_seen = 1;
-		}
 		/*
 		 * Ignore other lines; we don't know what they mean, but
 		 * this future-proofs us when later versions of git do