diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
index b03269448..9ddc0133d 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/jupyterhub/files/jupyterhub/03-profiles.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import z2jh
-from tornado import gen
 
 
 def base_profile_home_mounts(username):
@@ -547,17 +546,12 @@ def preserve_envvars(spawner):
     return profile
 
 
-@gen.coroutine
-def render_profiles(spawner):
+async def render_profiles(spawner):
     # jupyterhub does not yet manage groups but it will soon
     # so for now we rely on auth_state from the keycloak
     # userinfo request to have the groups in the key
     # "auth_state.oauth_user.groups"
-    auth_state = yield spawner.user.get_auth_state()
-    if not auth_state:
-        if spawner.user.name == "service-account-jupyterhub":
-            auth_state = yield spawner.authenticator.authenticate_service_account()
-
+    auth_state = await spawner.user.get_auth_state()
     username = auth_state["oauth_user"]["preferred_username"]
 
     # only return the lowest level group name