diff --git a/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.cpp b/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.cpp
index 30b814d4b..2aa03ab37 100644
--- a/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.cpp
+++ b/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <ui/dialogs/CustomMessageBox.h>
 #include <ui/dialogs/ProgressDialog.h>
 
-FetchFlameAPIKey::FetchFlameAPIKey(QObject* parent) : Task{ parent } {}
+FetchFlameAPIKey::FetchFlameAPIKey() : Task{} {}
 
 // Here, we fetch the official CurseForge API key from the files of the
 // CurseForge app. We range-request the specific ~84KiB zlib block inside the
diff --git a/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.h b/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.h
index cf171a7c4..e8f974cc7 100644
--- a/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.h
+++ b/launcher/net/FetchFlameAPIKey.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 class FetchFlameAPIKey : public Task {
     Q_OBJECT
    public:
-    explicit FetchFlameAPIKey(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+    explicit FetchFlameAPIKey();
 
     QString m_result;