diff --git a/gso/oss-params-example.json b/gso/oss-params-example.json
index a06212ef7441a31055fdc0b240982aa9c2c00bf5..771492f66dd9555588215cf6b7f88edd51b9a14d 100644
--- a/gso/oss-params-example.json
+++ b/gso/oss-params-example.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
   "PROVISIONING_PROXY": {
     "scheme": "https",
     "api_base": "localhost:44444",
-    "auth": "Bearer <token>",
     "api_version": 1123
   }
 }
diff --git a/gso/settings.py b/gso/settings.py
index 61c8b7763e20b5cd08b39aaf39f346bcf23e1d20..d7b48048872b8de9cc4109fb3eb969ddc41f8ca4 100644
--- a/gso/settings.py
+++ b/gso/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """:term:`GSO` settings.
 
-Ensuring that the required parameters are set correctly.
+Ensuring that the required parameters are set correctly. An example file ``oss-params-example.json`` is present in the
+:term:`GSO` package itself.
 """
 
 import ipaddress
@@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ class ProvisioningProxyParams(BaseSettings):
 
     scheme: str
     api_base: str
-    auth: str  # FIXME: unfinished
+    #:  .. deprecated:: 0.1
+    #:     Not used anymore, may be left out from config file.
+    auth: str | None
     api_version: int