diff --git a/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm b/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm
index 59a14dc1fbc..759c381bb2e 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/whitelist.dm
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #define WHITELISTFILE "[global.config.directory]/whitelist.txt"
 
 GLOBAL_LIST(whitelist)
-GLOBAL_PROTECT(whitelist)
 
 /proc/load_whitelist()
 	GLOB.whitelist = list()