From 402e019ae22f8dafd184cdc3bc647bfd3773cad7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Kompfner <paul@daily.co>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 16:09:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make a bit of code clearer

---
 src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py b/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py
index eecb712a4..d045e1f02 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(LLMService):
         self,
         *,
         api_key: str,
-        base_url: str = "generativelanguage.googleapis.com/ws/google.ai.generativelanguage.v1beta.GenerativeService.BidiGenerateContent",
+        base_url: Optional[str] = None,
         model="models/gemini-2.0-flash-live-001",
         voice_id: str = "Charon",
         start_audio_paused: bool = False,
@@ -565,10 +565,7 @@ class GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(LLMService):
             **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to parent LLMService.
         """
         # Check for deprecated parameter usage
-        if (
-            base_url
-            != "generativelanguage.googleapis.com/ws/google.ai.generativelanguage.v1beta.GenerativeService.BidiGenerateContent"
-        ):
+        if base_url is not None:
             import warnings
 
             with warnings.catch_warnings():