Remove credentials whenever dry-run is set from within the exchange

freqtrade/configuration/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # flake8: noqa: F401
 
-from freqtrade.configuration.check_exchange import check_exchange, remove_credentials
+from freqtrade.configuration.check_exchange import check_exchange
 from freqtrade.configuration.config_setup import setup_utils_configuration
 from freqtrade.configuration.config_validation import validate_config_consistency
 from freqtrade.configuration.configuration import Configuration

freqtrade/configuration/check_exchange.py

@@ -10,19 +10,6 @@ from freqtrade.exchange import (available_exchanges, is_exchange_known_ccxt,
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def remove_credentials(config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-    """
-    Removes exchange keys from the configuration and specifies dry-run
-    Used for backtesting / hyperopt / edge and utils.
-    Modifies the input dict!
-    """
-    config['exchange']['key'] = ''
-    config['exchange']['secret'] = ''
-    config['exchange']['password'] = ''
-    config['exchange']['uid'] = ''
-    config['dry_run'] = True
-
-
 def check_exchange(config: Dict[str, Any], check_for_bad: bool = True) -> bool:
     """
     Check if the exchange name in the config file is supported by Freqtrade

freqtrade/configuration/config_setup.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from freqtrade.enums import RunMode
 
-from .check_exchange import remove_credentials
 from .config_validation import validate_config_consistency
 from .configuration import Configuration
 
@@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ def setup_utils_configuration(args: Dict[str, Any], method: RunMode) -> Dict[str
     configuration = Configuration(args, method)
     config = configuration.get_config()
 
-    # Ensure we do not use Exchange credentials
-    remove_credentials(config)
+    # Ensure these modes are using Dry-run
+    config['dry_run'] = True
     validate_config_consistency(config)
 
     return config