diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index d61e6b42..9128488e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -369,13 +369,6 @@ func GetAppStatuses(apps []App, MachineReadable bool) (map[string]map[string]str
 		}
 	}
 
-	for server := range servers {
-		// validate that all server connections work
-		if _, err := client.New(server); err != nil {
-			return statuses, err
-		}
-	}
-
 	var bar *progressbar.ProgressBar
 	if !MachineReadable {
 		bar = formatter.CreateProgressbar(len(servers), "querying remote servers...")