diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/domain_blocks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/domain_blocks_controller.rb
index 37a6906fb..e3572dfc0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/domain_blocks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/domain_blocks_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Api::V1::Instances::DomainBlocksController < Api::BaseController
-  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!
 
   before_action :require_enabled_api!
   before_action :set_domain_blocks
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/extended_descriptions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/extended_descriptions_controller.rb
index c72e16cff..b1cb4a65d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/extended_descriptions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/extended_descriptions_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Api::V1::Instances::ExtendedDescriptionsController < Api::BaseController
-  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!
 
   before_action :set_extended_description
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/privacy_policies_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/privacy_policies_controller.rb
index dbd69f54d..02be5dd4d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/privacy_policies_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/privacy_policies_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Api::V1::Instances::PrivacyPoliciesController < Api::BaseController
-  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!
 
   before_action :set_privacy_policy
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/rules_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/rules_controller.rb
index 93cf3c759..a328368d6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/rules_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/rules_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Api::V1::Instances::RulesController < Api::BaseController
-  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!
 
   before_action :set_rules
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
index 913319a86..b12505593 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class Api::V1::InstancesController < Api::BaseController
   skip_before_action :set_cache_headers
-  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!
 
   def show
     expires_in 3.minutes, public: true