diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index 4cefdb0946..4c46210b3c 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -2370,18 +2370,8 @@ void ScriptEngine::entityScriptContentAvailable(const EntityItemID& entityID, co
         safeURLPrefixes += qEnvironmentVariable("EXTRA_WHITELIST").trimmed().split(QRegExp("\\s*,\\s*"), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
 
         // ENTITY SCRIPT WHITELIST TOGGLE CHECK
-        Setting::Handle<bool> whitelistEnabledSetting{"private/whitelistEnabled", true}; // Assume it is enabled.
         bool whitelistEnabled = whitelistEnabledSetting.get();
         
-        // QVariant whitelistEnabledExists = Setting::Handle<QVariant>("private/whitelistEnabled", false).get();
-        if (whitelistEnabled) {
-            whitelistEnabledSetting.set(true);
-            qCDebug(scriptengine) << "Whitelist toggle setting does not exist. Creating setting now.";
-        } else {
-            qCDebug(scriptengine) << "Whitelist toggle setting does not exist. Creating setting now.";
-            whitelistEnabledSetting.set(false);
-        }
-        
         if (!whitelistEnabled) {
             passList = true;
         }
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
index 94381ede02..6bd722e077 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
@@ -973,6 +973,8 @@ protected:
 
     Setting::Handle<bool> _enableExtendedJSExceptions { _SETTINGS_ENABLE_EXTENDED_EXCEPTIONS, true };
 
+    Setting::Handle<bool> whitelistEnabledSetting { "DELME/whitelistEnabled", false };  // Set to false if not exist.
+
     QWeakPointer<ScriptEngines> _scriptEngines;
 };