diff --git a/apps/accounts/backends/__init__.py b/apps/accounts/backends/__init__.py
index 70d55ca2e..5b880da68 100644
--- a/apps/accounts/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/accounts/backends/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from importlib import import_module
 
-from django.utils.functional import LazyObject
+from django.utils.functional import LazyObject, empty
 
 from common.utils import get_logger
 from ..const import VaultTypeChoices
@@ -44,5 +44,4 @@ vault_client = VaultClient()
 
 
 def refresh_vault_client():
-    vault_client._wrapped = None
-    vault_client._setup()
+    vault_client._wrapped = empty