diff --git a/runhouse/servers/obj_store.py b/runhouse/servers/obj_store.py
index 0b3593358..444f8c489 100644
--- a/runhouse/servers/obj_store.py
+++ b/runhouse/servers/obj_store.py
@@ -1238,6 +1238,7 @@ def status_local(self):
 
     def status(self):
         config_cluster = self.get_cluster_config()
+        config_cluster.pop("ssh_creds", None)
         cluster_servlets = {}
         for env in self.get_all_initialized_env_servlet_names():
             resources_in_env_modified = self.call_actor_method(
diff --git a/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py b/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py
index 7142cbe28..bd59043f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py
+++ b/tests/test_resources/test_clusters/test_cluster.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ def test_rh_here_objects(self, cluster):
     def test_rh_status_pythonic(self, cluster):
         cluster.put(key="status_key1", obj="status_value1", env="numpy_env")
         res = cluster.status()
+        assert res.get("ssh_certs") is None
         assert res.get("server_port") == (cluster.server_port or DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT)
         assert res.get("server_connection_type") == cluster.server_connection_type
         assert res.get("den_auth") == cluster.den_auth
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ def test_rh_status_cli(self, cluster):
         assert "Serving 🍦 :" in res
         assert "base_env (runhouse.resources.envs.env.Env):" in res
         assert "status_key2 (str)" in res
+        assert "ssh_certs" not in res
 
     @pytest.mark.skip("Restarting the server mid-test causes some errors, need to fix")
     @pytest.mark.level("local")