diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index deb5bd9..503c037 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ RM:    2,367
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+v2.1 (IN PROGRESS)
+* fido2: do not request PIN on `gocryptfs -init` ([#571](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/571))
+
 v2.0.1, 2021-06-07
 * Fix symlink creation reporting the wrong size, causing git to report it as modified
   ([#574](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/574))
diff --git a/internal/fido2/fido2.go b/internal/fido2/fido2.go
index f62967b..30121c0 100644
--- a/internal/fido2/fido2.go
+++ b/internal/fido2/fido2.go
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ import (
 type fidoCommand int
 
 const (
-	cred          fidoCommand = iota
-	assert        fidoCommand = iota
-	assertWithPIN fidoCommand = iota
+	cred   fidoCommand = iota
+	assert fidoCommand = iota
 )
 
 // String pretty-prints for debug output
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ func (fc fidoCommand) String() string {
 		return "cred"
 	case assert:
 		return "assert"
-	case assertWithPIN:
-		return "assertWithPIN"
 	default:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", fc)
 	}
@@ -45,8 +42,6 @@ func callFidoCommand(command fidoCommand, device string, stdin []string) ([]stri
 		cmd = exec.Command("fido2-cred", "-M", "-h", "-v", device)
 	case assert:
 		cmd = exec.Command("fido2-assert", "-G", "-h", device)
-	case assertWithPIN:
-		cmd = exec.Command("fido2-assert", "-G", "-h", "-v", device)
 	}
 	tlog.Debug.Printf("callFidoCommand %s: executing %q with args %q", command, cmd.Path, cmd.Args)
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
@@ -92,15 +87,11 @@ func Secret(device string, credentialID []byte, salt []byte) (secret []byte) {
 	crid := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(credentialID)
 	hmacsalt := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(salt)
 	stdin := []string{cdh, relyingPartyID, crid, hmacsalt}
-	// try asserting without PIN first
+	// call fido2-assert
 	out, err := callFidoCommand(assert, device, stdin)
 	if err != nil {
-		// if that fails, let's assert with PIN
-		out, err = callFidoCommand(assertWithPIN, device, stdin)
-		if err != nil {
-			tlog.Fatal.Println(err)
-			os.Exit(exitcodes.FIDO2Error)
-		}
+		tlog.Fatal.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(exitcodes.FIDO2Error)
 	}
 	secret, err = base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(out[4])
 	if err != nil {