diff --git a/swh/web/auth/utils.py b/swh/web/auth/utils.py
--- a/swh/web/auth/utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/auth/utils.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
 from typing import Tuple
 
-from django.conf import settings
-
 from swh.web.auth.keycloak import (
     KeycloakOpenIDConnect, get_keycloak_oidc_client
 )
@@ -43,7 +41,11 @@
     return code_verifier_str, code_challenge_str
 
 
-def get_oidc_client(client_id: str = '') -> KeycloakOpenIDConnect:
+OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID = 'swh-web'
+
+
+def get_oidc_client(client_id: str = OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID
+                    ) -> KeycloakOpenIDConnect:
     """
     Instantiate a KeycloakOpenIDConnect class for a given client in the
     SoftwareHeritage realm.
@@ -54,8 +56,6 @@
     Returns:
         An object to ease the interaction with the Keycloak server
     """
-    if not client_id:
-        client_id = settings.OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID
     swhweb_config = get_config()
     return get_keycloak_oidc_client(swhweb_config['keycloak']['server_url'],
                                     swhweb_config['keycloak']['realm_name'],
diff --git a/swh/web/settings/common.py b/swh/web/settings/common.py
--- a/swh/web/settings/common.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/common.py
@@ -300,5 +300,3 @@
     'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
     'swh.web.auth.backends.OIDCAuthorizationCodePKCEBackend',
 ]
-
-OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID = 'swh-web'
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/auth/keycloak_mock.py b/swh/web/tests/auth/keycloak_mock.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/auth/keycloak_mock.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/auth/keycloak_mock.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 from copy import copy
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from swh.web.auth.keycloak import KeycloakOpenIDConnect
+from swh.web.auth.utils import OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID
 from swh.web.config import get_config
 
 from .sample_data import oidc_profile, realm_public_key, userinfo
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         swhweb_config = get_config()
         super().__init__(swhweb_config['keycloak']['server_url'],
                          swhweb_config['keycloak']['realm_name'],
-                         settings.OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID)
+                         OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID)
         self._keycloak.public_key = lambda: realm_public_key
         self._keycloak.well_know = lambda: {
             'issuer': f'{self.server_url}realms/{self.realm_name}',
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/auth/test_views.py b/swh/web/tests/auth/test_views.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/auth/test_views.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/auth/test_views.py
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 import uuid
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, User
 
 import pytest
 
 from swh.web.auth.models import OIDCUser
+from swh.web.auth.utils import OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID
 from swh.web.common.utils import reverse
 from swh.web.tests.django_asserts import assert_template_used, assert_contains
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     # check redirect url is valid
     assert urljoin(response['location'], parsed_url.path) == authorization_url
     assert 'client_id' in query_dict
-    assert query_dict['client_id'] == settings.OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID
+    assert query_dict['client_id'] == OIDC_SWH_WEB_CLIENT_ID
     assert 'response_type' in query_dict
     assert query_dict['response_type'] == 'code'
     assert 'redirect_uri' in query_dict