diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.saicismart/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/saicismart/internal/SAICiSMARTHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.saicismart/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/saicismart/internal/SAICiSMARTHandler.java
index f2356f2dac754..12ae9722e88d3 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.saicismart/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/saicismart/internal/SAICiSMARTHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.saicismart/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/saicismart/internal/SAICiSMARTHandler.java
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 
 import static org.openhab.binding.saicismart.internal.SAICiSMARTBindingConstants.CHANNEL_FORCE_REFRESH;
 import static org.openhab.binding.saicismart.internal.SAICiSMARTBindingConstants.CHANNEL_LAST_ACTIVITY;
+import static org.openhab.binding.saicismart.internal.SAICiSMARTBindingConstants.CHANNEL_WINDOW_SUN_ROOF;
 
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.openhab.core.thing.Thing;
 import org.openhab.core.thing.ThingStatus;
 import org.openhab.core.thing.binding.BaseThingHandler;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.binding.builder.ThingBuilder;
 import org.openhab.core.types.Command;
 import org.openhab.core.types.State;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -77,6 +80,13 @@ public void handleCommand(ChannelUID channelUID, Command command) {
     public void initialize() {
         config = getConfigAs(SAICiSMARTVehicleConfiguration.class);
 
+        ThingBuilder thingBuilder = editThing();
+        thingBuilder.withChannels(thing.getChannels().stream().filter(c -> {
+            // TODO: check properties
+            return !c.getUID().getId().equals(CHANNEL_WINDOW_SUN_ROOF);
+        }).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        updateThing(thingBuilder.build());
+
         updateStatus(ThingStatus.UNKNOWN);
 
         // just started, make sure we start querying