diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index 8b268b9e84..9046ecc228 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ if GetOption('extras') and arch != "Darwin":
     if "internal" in name:
       d['INTERNAL'] = "1"
 
-      import requests
-      r = requests.get("https://github.com/commaci2.keys")
-      r.raise_for_status()
-      d['SSH_KEYS'] = f'\\"{r.text.strip()}\\"'
     obj = senv.Object(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}.o", ["installer/installer.cc"], CPPDEFINES=d)
     f = senv.Program(f"installer/installers/installer_{name}", [obj, cont], LIBS=qt_libs)
     # keep installers small
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc b/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
index d43ed37ae8..17f6ba19ab 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/installer/installer.cc
@@ -180,10 +180,12 @@ void Installer::cloneFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus) {
 #ifdef INTERNAL
   run("mkdir -p /data/params/d/");
 
+  // https://github.com/commaci2.keys
+  const std::string ssh_keys = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMX2kU8eBZyEWmbq0tjMPxksWWVuIV/5l64GabcYbdpI";
   std::map<std::string, std::string> params = {
     {"SshEnabled", "1"},
     {"RecordFrontLock", "1"},
-    {"GithubSshKeys", SSH_KEYS},
+    {"GithubSshKeys", ssh_keys},
   };
   for (const auto& [key, value] : params) {
     std::ofstream param;