diff --git a/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs b/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
index 5903db7055..d75fe97a83 100644
--- a/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
+++ b/libs/compute_api/src/spec.rs
@@ -286,9 +286,7 @@ pub type GenericOptions = Option<Vec<GenericOption>>;
 /// use for authorizing connect requests using JWT.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct LocalProxySpec {
-    #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub jwks: Option<Vec<JwksSettings>>,
+    pub jwks: Vec<JwksSettings>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
diff --git a/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs b/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs
index d5ce1e9273..05479372ef 100644
--- a/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ async fn refresh_config_inner(path: &Utf8Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let mut jwks_set = vec![];
 
-    for jwks in data.jwks.into_iter().flatten() {
+    for jwks in data.jwks {
         let mut jwks_url = url::Url::from_str(&jwks.jwks_url).context("parsing JWKS url")?;
 
         ensure!(