diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 8f96426a..9ae09ecb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def allow_greenlight_accounts?
     return Rails.configuration.allow_user_signup unless Rails.configuration.loadbalanced_configuration
     return false unless @user_domain && !@user_domain.empty? && Rails.configuration.allow_user_signup
-    # No need to retrieve the provider info if the provider is whitelisted
-    return true if launcher_allow_user_signup_whitelisted?(@user_domain)
     # Proceed with retrieving the provider info
     begin
       provider_info = retrieve_provider_info(@user_domain, 'api2', 'getUserGreenlightCredentials')
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8588587e..06534269 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -200,9 +200,8 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
 
   def greenlight_account?
     return true unless provider # For testing cases when provider is set to null
-    return provider == "greenlight" unless Rails.configuration.loadbalanced_configuration
-    # No need to retrive the provider info if the provider is whitelisted
-    return true if launcher_allow_user_signup_whitelisted?(provider)
+    return true if provider == "greenlight"
+    return false unless Rails.configuration.loadbalanced_configuration
     # Proceed with fetching the provider info
     provider_info = retrieve_provider_info(provider, 'api2', 'getUserGreenlightCredentials')
     provider_info['provider'] == 'greenlight'
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index feb3bea2..b5c75c82 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ module Greenlight
       config.loadbalancer_endpoint = ENV["LOADBALANCER_ENDPOINT"]
       config.loadbalancer_secret = ENV["LOADBALANCER_SECRET"]
       config.launcher_secret = ENV["LAUNCHER_SECRET"]
-      config.launcher_allow_user_signup = ENV["LAUNCHER_ALLOW_GREENLIGHT_ACCOUNTS"]
 
       # Fix endpoint format if required.
       config.loadbalancer_endpoint += "/" unless config.bigbluebutton_endpoint.ends_with?("/")
diff --git a/lib/bbb_api.rb b/lib/bbb_api.rb
index d6b12fd2..46f9bdfd 100644
--- a/lib/bbb_api.rb
+++ b/lib/bbb_api.rb
@@ -73,10 +73,4 @@ module BbbApi
   def remove_slash(s)
     s.nil? ? nil : s.chomp("/")
   end
-
-  def launcher_allow_user_signup_whitelisted?(provider)
-    return false unless Rails.configuration.launcher_allow_user_signup
-    whitelist = Rails.configuration.launcher_allow_user_signup.split(',')
-    whitelist.include?(provider)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
index 49e9fbd1..24c8cd0d 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
@@ -65,20 +65,9 @@ describe ApplicationHelper do
       expect(helper.allow_greenlight_accounts?).to eql(false)
     end
 
-    it "allows if user_domain is white listed" do
-      allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:loadbalanced_configuration).and_return(true)
-      allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:allow_user_signup).and_return(true)
-      allow(helper).to receive(:launcher_allow_user_signup_whitelisted?).and_return(true)
-
-      @user_domain = "provider1"
-
-      expect(helper.allow_greenlight_accounts?).to eql(true)
-    end
-
     it "allows if user provider is set to greenlight" do
       allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:loadbalanced_configuration).and_return(true)
       allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:allow_user_signup).and_return(true)
-      allow(helper).to receive(:launcher_allow_user_signup_whitelisted?).and_return(false)
       allow(helper).to receive(:retrieve_provider_info).and_return("provider" => "greenlight")
 
       @user_domain = "provider1"
@@ -89,7 +78,6 @@ describe ApplicationHelper do
     it "doesnt allow if user provider is not set to greenlight" do
       allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:loadbalanced_configuration).and_return(true)
       allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:allow_user_signup).and_return(true)
-      allow(helper).to receive(:launcher_allow_user_signup_whitelisted?).and_return(false)
       allow(helper).to receive(:retrieve_provider_info).and_return("provider" => "google")
 
       @user_domain = "provider1"