diff --git a/src/main/rb/eca.rb b/src/main/rb/eca.rb
index 01f120d43a229d5fe99de5fe25ea86df984349aa..ec26257a746e4f73767b1d16dfb480e687f8d5e8 100644
--- a/src/main/rb/eca.rb
+++ b/src/main/rb/eca.rb
@@ -8,21 +8,6 @@ WIKI_REGEX_MATCH = /.*\.wiki$/
 HOST_URL='https://gitlab.eclipse.org'
 API_URL='https://api.eclipse.org'
 LARGE_COMMIT_SET_THRESHOLD=15
-# this should be removed as soon as Oniro is onside again
-ALLOW_LIST_PROJECTS = ['/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-ts',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-ledge-sesure',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/linux',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/linux-meta',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/llvm-project',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-arm',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-av96',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-binaryaudit',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-clang',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-openembedded',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-riscv',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-seco-intel',
-'/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-zephyr'
-]
 ALLOW_LIST_GROUPS = ['eclipsefdn/it/webdev/eclipse.org-php-archives/']
 STRICT_MODE_ROOT_GROUPS = ['eclipse-research-labs/']
 
@@ -117,9 +102,6 @@ end
 if (nil_or_empty(project_url)) then
   puts "Could not determine a web URL for project, likely not a fully-qualified project, skipping"
   exit 0
-elsif (ALLOW_LIST_PROJECTS.any? {|repo_namespace| "#{HOST_URL}#{repo_namespace}" == project_url}) then
-  puts "Found allow listed project, skipping validation"
-  exit 0
 elsif (ALLOW_LIST_GROUPS.any? {|group_namespace| project_json_data['path_with_namespace'].start_with?(group_namespace)}) then
   puts "Found allow listed group, skipping validation"
   exit 0