diff --git a/src/client/auth.test.ts b/src/client/auth.test.ts
index 6c924898a..5ba3975b6 100644
--- a/src/client/auth.test.ts
+++ b/src/client/auth.test.ts
@@ -712,16 +712,12 @@ describe('OAuth Authorization', () => {
         it('generates correct URLs for server with path', () => {
             const urls = buildDiscoveryUrls('https://auth.example.com/tenant1');
 
-            expect(urls).toHaveLength(4);
+            expect(urls).toHaveLength(3);
             expect(urls.map(u => ({ url: u.url.toString(), type: u.type }))).toEqual([
                 {
                     url: 'https://auth.example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/tenant1',
                     type: 'oauth'
                 },
-                {
-                    url: 'https://auth.example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server',
-                    type: 'oauth'
-                },
                 {
                     url: 'https://auth.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration/tenant1',
                     type: 'oidc'
@@ -736,7 +732,7 @@ describe('OAuth Authorization', () => {
         it('handles URL object input', () => {
             const urls = buildDiscoveryUrls(new URL('https://auth.example.com/tenant1'));
 
-            expect(urls).toHaveLength(4);
+            expect(urls).toHaveLength(3);
             expect(urls[0].url.toString()).toBe('https://auth.example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/tenant1');
         });
     });
@@ -763,28 +759,28 @@ describe('OAuth Authorization', () => {
         };
 
         it('tries URLs in order and returns first successful metadata', async () => {
-            // First OAuth URL fails with 404
+            // First OAuth URL (path before well-known) fails with 404
             mockFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce({
                 ok: false,
                 status: 404
             });
 
-            // Second OAuth URL (root) succeeds
+            // Second OIDC URL (path before well-known) succeeds
             mockFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce({
                 ok: true,
                 status: 200,
-                json: async () => validOAuthMetadata
+                json: async () => validOpenIdMetadata
             });
 
             const metadata = await discoverAuthorizationServerMetadata('https://auth.example.com/tenant1');
 
-            expect(metadata).toEqual(validOAuthMetadata);
+            expect(metadata).toEqual(validOpenIdMetadata);
 
             // Verify it tried the URLs in the correct order
             const calls = mockFetch.mock.calls;
             expect(calls.length).toBe(2);
             expect(calls[0][0].toString()).toBe('https://auth.example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/tenant1');
-            expect(calls[1][0].toString()).toBe('https://auth.example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server');
+            expect(calls[1][0].toString()).toBe('https://auth.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration/tenant1');
         });
 
         it('continues on 4xx errors', async () => {
@@ -878,7 +874,7 @@ describe('OAuth Authorization', () => {
             expect(metadata).toBeUndefined();
 
             // Verify that all discovery URLs were attempted
-            expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8); // 4 URLs × 2 attempts each (with and without headers)
+            expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6); // 3 URLs × 2 attempts each (with and without headers)
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/client/auth.ts b/src/client/auth.ts
index 5e48345a3..ea2400a25 100644
--- a/src/client/auth.ts
+++ b/src/client/auth.ts
@@ -669,8 +669,7 @@ export async function discoverOAuthMetadata(
  * Builds a list of discovery URLs to try for authorization server metadata.
  * URLs are returned in priority order:
  * 1. OAuth metadata at the given URL
- * 2. OAuth metadata at root (if URL has path)
- * 3. OIDC metadata endpoints
+ * 2. OIDC metadata endpoints at the given URL
  */
 export function buildDiscoveryUrls(authorizationServerUrl: string | URL): { url: URL; type: 'oauth' | 'oidc' }[] {
     const url = typeof authorizationServerUrl === 'string' ? new URL(authorizationServerUrl) : authorizationServerUrl;
@@ -706,18 +705,13 @@ export function buildDiscoveryUrls(authorizationServerUrl: string | URL): { url:
         type: 'oauth'
     });
 
-    // Root path: https://example.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
-    urlsToTry.push({
-        url: new URL('/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server', url.origin),
-        type: 'oauth'
-    });
-
-    // 3. OIDC metadata endpoints
+    // 2. OIDC metadata endpoints
     // RFC 8414 style: Insert /.well-known/openid-configuration before the path
     urlsToTry.push({
         url: new URL(`/.well-known/openid-configuration${pathname}`, url.origin),
         type: 'oidc'
     });
+
     // OIDC Discovery 1.0 style: Append /.well-known/openid-configuration after the path
     urlsToTry.push({
         url: new URL(`${pathname}/.well-known/openid-configuration`, url.origin),