From 065bb7ae86875d3b0995f08a13633d52812eeea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andig <andi@evcc.io>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 18:59:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Sungrow: remove sponsorship requirement (#23396)

---
 charger/sungrow.go                        | 5 -----
 templates/definition/charger/sungrow.yaml | 2 --
 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/charger/sungrow.go b/charger/sungrow.go
index 13ccbcf29..b9d85060b 100644
--- a/charger/sungrow.go
+++ b/charger/sungrow.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/api"
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util"
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util/modbus"
-	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util/sponsor"
 	"github.com/volkszaehler/mbmd/meters/rs485"
 )
 
@@ -87,10 +86,6 @@ func NewSungrow(ctx context.Context, uri, device, comset string, baudrate int, p
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if !sponsor.IsAuthorized() {
-		return nil, api.ErrSponsorRequired
-	}
-
 	log := util.NewLogger("sungrow")
 	conn.Logger(log.TRACE)
 
diff --git a/templates/definition/charger/sungrow.yaml b/templates/definition/charger/sungrow.yaml
index e54c4fb28..12cacf2ce 100644
--- a/templates/definition/charger/sungrow.yaml
+++ b/templates/definition/charger/sungrow.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ products:
     description:
       generic: AC22E-01
 capabilities: ["mA", "1p3p"]
-requirements:
-  evcc: ["sponsorship"]
 params:
   - name: modbus
     choice: ["rs485", "tcpip"]