diff --git a/internal/account/pool_acquire.go b/internal/account/pool_acquire.go
index b0c548c..6d1ec7d 100644
--- a/internal/account/pool_acquire.go
+++ b/internal/account/pool_acquire.go
@@ -60,16 +60,10 @@ func (p *Pool) acquireLocked(target string, exclude map[string]bool) (config.Acc
 		return acc, true
 	}
 
-	if acc, ok := p.tryAcquire(exclude, true); ok {
-		return acc, true
-	}
-	if acc, ok := p.tryAcquire(exclude, false); ok {
-		return acc, true
-	}
-	return config.Account{}, false
+	return p.tryAcquire(exclude)
 }
 
-func (p *Pool) tryAcquire(exclude map[string]bool, requireToken bool) (config.Account, bool) {
+func (p *Pool) tryAcquire(exclude map[string]bool) (config.Account, bool) {
 	for i := 0; i < len(p.queue); i++ {
 		id := p.queue[i]
 		if exclude[id] || !p.canAcquireIDLocked(id) {
@@ -79,9 +73,6 @@ func (p *Pool) tryAcquire(exclude map[string]bool, requireToken bool) (config.Ac
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
-		if requireToken && acc.Token == "" {
-			continue
-		}
 		p.inUse[id]++
 		p.bumpQueue(id)
 		return acc, true
diff --git a/internal/account/pool_test.go b/internal/account/pool_test.go
index 37109ff..89bef64 100644
--- a/internal/account/pool_test.go
+++ b/internal/account/pool_test.go
@@ -215,6 +215,33 @@ func TestPoolDropsLegacyTokenOnlyAccountOnLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPoolAcquireRotatesIntoTokenlessAccounts(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("DS2API_ACCOUNT_MAX_INFLIGHT", "1")
+	t.Setenv("DS2API_ACCOUNT_CONCURRENCY", "")
+	t.Setenv("DS2API_ACCOUNT_MAX_QUEUE", "")
+	t.Setenv("DS2API_ACCOUNT_QUEUE_SIZE", "")
+	t.Setenv("DS2API_CONFIG_JSON", `{
+		"keys":["k1"],
+		"accounts":[
+			{"email":"acc1@example.com","token":"token1"},
+			{"email":"acc2@example.com","token":""},
+			{"email":"acc3@example.com","token":""}
+		]
+	}`)
+
+	pool := NewPool(config.LoadStore())
+	for i, want := range []string{"acc1@example.com", "acc2@example.com", "acc3@example.com"} {
+		acc, ok := pool.Acquire("", nil)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("expected acquire success at step %d", i+1)
+		}
+		if got := acc.Identifier(); got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected account at step %d: got %q want %q", i+1, got, want)
+		}
+		pool.Release(acc.Identifier())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPoolAcquireWaitQueuesAndSucceedsAfterRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	pool := newSingleAccountPoolForTest(t, "1")
 	first, ok := pool.Acquire("", nil)