diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/base.py b/custom_components/hacs/base.py
index 9870a2e62cf..54d5759a157 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/base.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/base.py
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ class HacsSystem:
 class HacsBase:
     """Base HACS class."""
 
-    _etag_hacs_default = {}
     _repositories = []
     _repositories_by_full_name = {}
     _repositories_by_id = {}
@@ -230,9 +229,6 @@ async def async_can_update(self) -> int:
     async def async_github_get_hacs_default_file(self, filename: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Get the content of a default file."""
         response = await self.githubapi.repos.contents.get(
-            repository=REPOSITORY_HACS_DEFAULT,
-            path=filename,
-            **{"etag": self._etag_hacs_default.get(filename)},
+            repository=REPOSITORY_HACS_DEFAULT, path=filename
         )
-        self._etag_hacs_default[filename] = response.etag
         return json.loads(decode_content(response.data.content))
diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/hacsbase/data.py b/custom_components/hacs/hacsbase/data.py
index 9973e42db48..f8cb4b58de6 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/hacsbase/data.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/hacsbase/data.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ async def async_write(self):
                 "onboarding_done": self.hacs.configuration.onboarding_done,
                 "archived_repositories": self.hacs.common.archived_repositories,
                 "renamed_repositories": self.hacs.common.renamed_repositories,
-                "etag_hacs_default": self.hacs._etag_hacs_default,  # pylint: disable=protected-access
             },
         )
         await self._async_store_content_and_repos()
@@ -134,9 +133,6 @@ async def restore(self):
         self.hacs.configuration.onboarding_done = hacs.get("onboarding_done", False)
         self.hacs.common.archived_repositories = hacs.get("archived_repositories", [])
         self.hacs.common.renamed_repositories = hacs.get("renamed_repositories", {})
-        self.hacs._etag_hacs_default = hacs.get(  # pylint: disable=protected-access
-            "etag_hacs_default", {}
-        )
 
         # Repositories
         hass = self.hacs.hass
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2f9f56b1b12..cba825056ca 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ def exc_handle(loop, context):
 def hacs(hass):
     """Fixture to provide a HACS object."""
     hacs_obj = Hacs()
-    hacs_obj._etag_hacs_default = {}
     hacs_obj._repositories = []
     hacs_obj._repositories_by_full_name = {}
     hacs_obj._repositories_by_id = {}