diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/mcp/client.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/mcp/client.py
index 759bcc0a3..205b5a0b5 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/mcp/client.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/mcp/client.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def create_httpx_client(headers=None, timeout=None, auth=None):
     return _build_httpx_client(headers=headers, timeout=timeout, auth=auth, verify=True)
 
 
-async def create_insecure_httpx_client(headers=None, timeout=None, auth=None):
+def create_insecure_httpx_client(headers=None, timeout=None, auth=None):
     return _build_httpx_client(headers=headers, timeout=timeout, auth=auth, verify=False)