diff --git a/webui2/src/lib/auth.tsx b/webui2/src/lib/auth.tsx
index 8320453c171d4d7c5a1b2a335dfc45968ca2de11..239c3e71e626d9cdc61018b91156aa5b0c0727e4 100644
--- a/webui2/src/lib/auth.tsx
+++ b/webui2/src/lib/auth.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-// auth.tsx — authentication context for the webui.
+// auth.tsx — current user hook for the webui.
 //
-// Currently only supports local (single-user) mode: the identity is taken from
-// git config at server startup and fetched via GraphQL.
+// Fetches the user identity from git config via GraphQL. Apollo handles
+// deduplication and caching, so no Provider/Context is needed.
 
 import { gql } from "@apollo/client";
 import { useQuery } from "@apollo/client/react";
-import { createContext, useContext, type ReactNode } from "react";
 
 const USER_IDENTITY_QUERY = gql`
   query UserIdentity {
@@ -33,29 +32,9 @@ export interface AuthUser {
   login: string | null;
 }
 
-export interface AuthContextValue {
-  user: AuthUser | null;
-  loading: boolean;
-}
-
-const AuthContext = createContext<AuthContextValue>({
-  user: null,
-  loading: true,
-});
-
-export function AuthProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+export function useAuth(): { user: AuthUser | null; loading: boolean } {
   const { data, loading } = useQuery<{ repository: { userIdentity: AuthUser | null } }>(
     USER_IDENTITY_QUERY,
   );
-  const user: AuthUser | null = data?.repository?.userIdentity ?? null;
-
-  return (
-    <AuthContext.Provider value={{ user, loading }}>
-      {children}
-    </AuthContext.Provider>
-  );
-}
-
-export function useAuth(): AuthContextValue {
-  return useContext(AuthContext);
+  return { user: data?.repository?.userIdentity ?? null, loading };
 }
diff --git a/webui2/src/main.tsx b/webui2/src/main.tsx
index 3fb0e84cea6bf9f2235269d22f61c2cebf6380ff..0271b599709d3d1ae057304e162f6030919d8a2c 100644
--- a/webui2/src/main.tsx
+++ b/webui2/src/main.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unassigned-import
 import "./index.css";
 import { client } from "@/lib/apollo";
-import { AuthProvider } from "@/lib/auth";
 import { ThemeProvider } from "@/lib/theme";
 
 import { App } from "./App";
@@ -14,9 +13,7 @@ createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(
   <StrictMode>
     <ThemeProvider>
       <ApolloProvider client={client}>
-        <AuthProvider>
-          <App />
-        </AuthProvider>
+        <App />
       </ApolloProvider>
     </ThemeProvider>
   </StrictMode>,