diff --git a/frontend/src/views/user/OpenIdAuth.vue b/frontend/src/views/user/OpenIdAuth.vue
index b163ba4e5..3d41c4f0f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/user/OpenIdAuth.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/user/OpenIdAuth.vue
@@ -90,25 +90,11 @@ function findProvider(providerKey: string): IProvider | undefined {
 }
 
 async function authenticateWithCode() {
-	// This component gets mounted twice: The first time when the actual auth request hits the frontend,
-	// the second time after that auth request succeeded and the outer component "content-no-auth" isn't used
-	// but instead the "content-auth" component is used. Because this component is just a route and thus
-	// gets mounted as part of a <router-view/> which both the content-auth and content-no-auth components have,
-	// this re-mounts the component, even if the user is already authenticated.
-	// To make sure we only try to authenticate the user once, we set this "authenticating" lock in localStorage
-	// which ensures only one auth request is done at a time. We don't simply check if the user is already
-	// authenticated to not prevent the whole authentication if some user is already logged in.
-	if (localStorage.getItem('authenticating')) {
-		return
-	}
-	localStorage.setItem('authenticating', 'true')
-
 	errorMessage.value = ''
 
 	const providerKey = route.params.provider as string
 
 	if (typeof route.query.error !== 'undefined') {
-		localStorage.removeItem('authenticating')
 		sessionStorage.removeItem(pendingTotpKey(providerKey))
 		errorMessage.value = typeof route.query.message !== 'undefined'
 			? route.query.message as string
@@ -118,7 +104,6 @@ async function authenticateWithCode() {
 
 	const state = localStorage.getItem('state')
 	if (typeof route.query.state === 'undefined' || route.query.state !== state) {
-		localStorage.removeItem('authenticating')
 		sessionStorage.removeItem(pendingTotpKey(providerKey))
 		errorMessage.value = t('user.auth.openIdStateError')
 		return
@@ -145,8 +130,6 @@ async function authenticateWithCode() {
 			return
 		}
 		errorMessage.value = getErrorText(e)
-	} finally {
-		localStorage.removeItem('authenticating')
 	}
 }