diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java
index 73b8188e30..43396f1ed8 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.Peer;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerBlacklist;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.wire.messages.DisconnectMessage;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodePermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.MetricsSystem;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.NetworkUtility;
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ public abstract class PeerDiscoveryAgent implements DisconnectCallback {
   protected final List<DiscoveryPeer> bootstrapPeers;
   private final List<PeerRequirement> peerRequirements = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
   private final PeerBlacklist peerBlacklist;
-  private final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeWhitelistController;
   private final Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController;
   private final MetricsSystem metricsSystem;
   /* The peer controller, which takes care of the state machine of peers. */
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ public PeerDiscoveryAgent(
       final SECP256K1.KeyPair keyPair,
       final DiscoveryConfiguration config,
       final PeerBlacklist peerBlacklist,
-      final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeWhitelistController,
       final Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController,
       final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
     this.metricsSystem = metricsSystem;
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@ public PeerDiscoveryAgent(
     validateConfiguration(config);
 
     this.peerBlacklist = peerBlacklist;
-    this.nodeWhitelistController = nodeWhitelistController;
     this.nodePermissioningController = nodePermissioningController;
     this.bootstrapPeers =
         config.getBootstrapPeers().stream()
@@ -183,7 +179,6 @@ private PeerDiscoveryController createController() {
         PEER_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS,
         PeerRequirement.combine(peerRequirements),
         peerBlacklist,
-        nodeWhitelistController,
         nodePermissioningController,
         peerBondedObservers,
         peerDroppedObservers,
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
index ea9753f620..e2910e209d 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.TimerUtil;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.VertxTimerUtil;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerBlacklist;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodePermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.MetricsSystem;
@@ -61,16 +60,9 @@ public VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent(
       final KeyPair keyPair,
       final DiscoveryConfiguration config,
       final PeerBlacklist peerBlacklist,
-      final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeWhitelistController,
       final Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController,
       final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
-    super(
-        keyPair,
-        config,
-        peerBlacklist,
-        nodeWhitelistController,
-        nodePermissioningController,
-        metricsSystem);
+    super(keyPair, config, peerBlacklist, nodePermissioningController, metricsSystem);
     checkArgument(vertx != null, "vertx instance cannot be null");
     this.vertx = vertx;
 
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java
index 84a79c028b..1d585498c1 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PeerTable.EvictResult.EvictOutcome;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.Peer;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerBlacklist;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodePermissioningController;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodeWhitelistUpdatedEvent;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.Counter;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.LabelledMetric;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.MetricCategory;
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryController {
   private final DiscoveryPeer localPeer;
   private final OutboundMessageHandler outboundMessageHandler;
   private final PeerBlacklist peerBlacklist;
-  private final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeWhitelistController;
   private final Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController;
   private final DiscoveryProtocolLogger discoveryProtocolLogger;
   private final LabelledMetric<Counter> interactionCounter;
@@ -155,7 +152,6 @@ public PeerDiscoveryController(
       final long tableRefreshIntervalMs,
       final PeerRequirement peerRequirement,
       final PeerBlacklist peerBlacklist,
-      final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeWhitelistController,
       final Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController,
       final Subscribers<Consumer<PeerBondedEvent>> peerBondedObservers,
       final Subscribers<Consumer<PeerDroppedEvent>> peerDroppedObservers,
@@ -169,7 +165,6 @@ public PeerDiscoveryController(
     this.tableRefreshIntervalMs = tableRefreshIntervalMs;
     this.peerRequirement = peerRequirement;
     this.peerBlacklist = peerBlacklist;
-    this.nodeWhitelistController = nodeWhitelistController;
     this.nodePermissioningController = nodePermissioningController;
     this.outboundMessageHandler = outboundMessageHandler;
     this.peerBondedObservers = peerBondedObservers;
@@ -243,9 +238,6 @@ public void start() {
             Math.min(REFRESH_CHECK_INTERVAL_MILLIS, tableRefreshIntervalMs),
             this::refreshTableIfRequired);
     tableRefreshTimerId = OptionalLong.of(timerId);
-
-    nodeWhitelistController.ifPresent(
-        c -> c.subscribeToListUpdatedEvent(this::handleNodeWhitelistUpdatedEvent));
   }
 
   public CompletableFuture<?> stop() {
@@ -375,10 +367,6 @@ private boolean addToPeerTable(final DiscoveryPeer peer) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  private void handleNodeWhitelistUpdatedEvent(final NodeWhitelistUpdatedEvent event) {
-    event.getRemovedNodes().stream().map(DiscoveryPeer::fromEnode).forEach(this::dropFromPeerTable);
-  }
-
   @VisibleForTesting
   boolean dropFromPeerTable(final DiscoveryPeer peer) {
     final EvictResult evictResult = peerTable.tryEvict(peer);
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java
index 8b7cbaa592..fd8baf683c 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.wire.PeerInfo;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.wire.SubProtocol;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.wire.messages.DisconnectMessage.DisconnectReason;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodePermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.Counter;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.LabelledMetric;
@@ -733,8 +732,6 @@ public static class Builder {
     private Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController = Optional.empty();
     private Blockchain blockchain = null;
     private Vertx vertx;
-    private Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController>
-        nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController = Optional.empty();
 
     public P2PNetwork build() {
       validate();
@@ -767,9 +764,6 @@ private void validate() {
           !nodePermissioningController.isPresent() || blockchain != null,
           "Network permissioning needs to listen to BlockAddedEvents. Blockchain can't be null.");
       checkState(vertx != null, "Vertx must be set.");
-      checkState(
-          nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController != null,
-          "NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController must be set.");
     }
 
     private PeerDiscoveryAgent createDiscoveryAgent() {
@@ -779,7 +773,6 @@ private PeerDiscoveryAgent createDiscoveryAgent() {
           keyPair,
           config.getDiscovery(),
           peerBlacklist,
-          nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController,
           nodePermissioningController,
           metricsSystem);
     }
@@ -790,21 +783,6 @@ public Builder vertx(final Vertx vertx) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    public Builder nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController(
-        final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController>
-            nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController) {
-      checkNotNull(nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController);
-      this.nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController = nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
-      return this;
-    }
-
-    public Builder nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController(
-        final NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController) {
-      this.nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController =
-          Optional.ofNullable(nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController);
-      return this;
-    }
-
     public Builder keyPair(final KeyPair keyPair) {
       checkNotNull(keyPair);
       this.keyPair = keyPair;
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java
index e251a1047c..8a55aae3b0 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PingPacketData;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.Peer;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerBlacklist;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodePermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.bytes.BytesValue;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.enode.EnodeURL;
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@ public static class AgentBuilder {
     private final AtomicInteger nextAvailablePort;
 
     private PeerBlacklist blacklist = new PeerBlacklist();
-    private Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> whitelist = Optional.empty();
     private Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController = Optional.empty();
     private List<URI> bootstrapPeers = Collections.emptyList();
     private boolean active = true;
@@ -204,12 +202,6 @@ private List<URI> asEnodes(final List<DiscoveryPeer> peers) {
           .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
-    public AgentBuilder whiteList(
-        final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> whitelist) {
-      this.whitelist = whitelist;
-      return this;
-    }
-
     public AgentBuilder nodePermissioningController(final NodePermissioningController controller) {
       this.nodePermissioningController = Optional.ofNullable(controller);
       return this;
@@ -232,12 +224,7 @@ public MockPeerDiscoveryAgent build() {
       config.setActive(active);
 
       return new MockPeerDiscoveryAgent(
-          SECP256K1.KeyPair.generate(),
-          config,
-          blacklist,
-          whitelist,
-          nodePermissioningController,
-          agents);
+          SECP256K1.KeyPair.generate(), config, blacklist, nodePermissioningController, agents);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTimestampsTest.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTimestampsTest.java
index 7f3442ca07..0ce29d3458 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTimestampsTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTimestampsTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ public void lastSeenAndFirstDiscoveredTimestampsUpdatedOnMessage() {
             () -> true,
             new PeerBlacklist(),
             Optional.empty(),
-            Optional.empty(),
             new Subscribers<>(),
             new Subscribers<>(),
             new NoOpMetricsSystem());
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
index 5ce8ac7855..508bd4998d 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.discovery.PeerDiscoveryAgent;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PeerDiscoveryController.AsyncExecutor;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerBlacklist;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodePermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.bytes.BytesValue;
@@ -41,16 +40,9 @@ public MockPeerDiscoveryAgent(
       final KeyPair keyPair,
       final DiscoveryConfiguration config,
       final PeerBlacklist peerBlacklist,
-      final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeWhitelistController,
       final Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController,
       final Map<BytesValue, MockPeerDiscoveryAgent> agentNetwork) {
-    super(
-        keyPair,
-        config,
-        peerBlacklist,
-        nodeWhitelistController,
-        nodePermissioningController,
-        new NoOpMetricsSystem());
+    super(keyPair, config, peerBlacklist, nodePermissioningController, new NoOpMetricsSystem());
     this.agentNetwork = agentNetwork;
   }
 
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryControllerTest.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryControllerTest.java
index cbc6adec7b..3366a5a493 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryControllerTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryControllerTest.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PeerTable.EvictResult;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.Peer;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerBlacklist;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.LocalPermissioningConfiguration;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.NodePermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.Subscribers;
@@ -53,10 +51,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.uint.UInt256;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.uint.UInt256Value;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -70,7 +64,6 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -89,9 +82,6 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryControllerTest {
   private KeyPair localKeyPair;
   private final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(1);
   private final PeerDiscoveryTestHelper helper = new PeerDiscoveryTestHelper();
-  private final String selfEnodeString =
-      "enode://5f8a80d14311c39f35f516fa664deaaaa13e85b2f7493f37f6144d86991ec012937307647bd3b9a82abe2974e1407241d54947bbb39763a4cac9f77166ad92a0@192.168.0.10:1111";
-  private final EnodeURL selfEnode = EnodeURL.fromString(selfEnodeString);
 
   @Before
   public void initializeMocks() {
@@ -1060,71 +1050,6 @@ public void shouldNotRespondToPingFromNonWhitelistedDiscoveryPeer() {
     assertThat(controller.getPeers()).doesNotContain(peers.get(0));
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void whenObservingNodeWhitelistAndNodeIsRemovedShouldEvictPeerFromPeerTable()
-      throws IOException {
-    final PeerTable peerTableSpy = spy(peerTable);
-    final List<DiscoveryPeer> peers = createPeersInLastBucket(localPeer, 1);
-    final DiscoveryPeer peer = peers.get(0);
-    peerTableSpy.tryAdd(peer);
-
-    final LocalPermissioningConfiguration config = permissioningConfigurationWithTempFile();
-    final URI peerURI = URI.create(peer.getEnodeURLString());
-    config.setNodeWhitelist(Lists.newArrayList(peerURI));
-    final NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController =
-        new NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController(
-            config, Collections.emptyList(), selfEnode.getNodeId());
-
-    controller =
-        getControllerBuilder()
-            .whitelist(nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController)
-            .peerTable(peerTableSpy)
-            .build();
-
-    controller.start();
-    nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController.removeNodes(Lists.newArrayList(peerURI.toString()));
-
-    verify(peerTableSpy).tryEvict(eq(DiscoveryPeer.fromURI(peerURI)));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
-  public void whenObservingNodeWhitelistAndNodeIsRemovedShouldNotifyPeerDroppedObservers()
-      throws IOException {
-    final PeerTable peerTableSpy = spy(peerTable);
-    final List<DiscoveryPeer> peers = createPeersInLastBucket(localPeer, 1);
-    final DiscoveryPeer peer = peers.get(0);
-    peerTableSpy.tryAdd(peer);
-
-    final LocalPermissioningConfiguration config = permissioningConfigurationWithTempFile();
-    final URI peerURI = URI.create(peer.getEnodeURLString());
-    config.setNodeWhitelist(Lists.newArrayList(peerURI));
-    final NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController =
-        new NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController(
-            config, Collections.emptyList(), selfEnode.getNodeId());
-
-    final Consumer<PeerDroppedEvent> peerDroppedEventConsumer = mock(Consumer.class);
-    final Subscribers<Consumer<PeerDroppedEvent>> peerDroppedSubscribers = new Subscribers();
-    peerDroppedSubscribers.subscribe(peerDroppedEventConsumer);
-
-    doReturn(EvictResult.evicted()).when(peerTableSpy).tryEvict(any());
-
-    controller =
-        getControllerBuilder()
-            .whitelist(nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController)
-            .peerTable(peerTableSpy)
-            .peerDroppedObservers(peerDroppedSubscribers)
-            .build();
-
-    controller.start();
-    nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController.removeNodes(Lists.newArrayList(peerURI.toString()));
-
-    ArgumentCaptor<PeerDroppedEvent> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(PeerDroppedEvent.class);
-    verify(peerDroppedEventConsumer).accept(captor.capture());
-    assertThat(captor.getValue().getPeer())
-        .isEqualTo(DiscoveryPeer.fromURI(peer.getEnodeURLString()));
-  }
-
   @Test
   @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
   public void whenPeerIsNotEvictedDropFromTableShouldReturnFalseAndNotifyZeroObservers() {
@@ -1205,20 +1130,9 @@ private PeerDiscoveryController startPeerDiscoveryController(
     return controller;
   }
 
-  private LocalPermissioningConfiguration permissioningConfigurationWithTempFile()
-      throws IOException {
-    final LocalPermissioningConfiguration config = LocalPermissioningConfiguration.createDefault();
-    Path tempFile = Files.createTempFile("test", "test");
-    tempFile.toFile().deleteOnExit();
-    config.setNodePermissioningConfigFilePath(tempFile.toAbsolutePath().toString());
-    config.setAccountPermissioningConfigFilePath(tempFile.toAbsolutePath().toString());
-    return config;
-  }
-
   static class ControllerBuilder {
     private Collection<DiscoveryPeer> discoPeers = Collections.emptyList();
     private PeerBlacklist blacklist = new PeerBlacklist();
-    private Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> whitelist = Optional.empty();
     private Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController = Optional.empty();
     private MockTimerUtil timerUtil = new MockTimerUtil();
     private KeyPair keypair;
@@ -1248,11 +1162,6 @@ ControllerBuilder blacklist(final PeerBlacklist blacklist) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    ControllerBuilder whitelist(final NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController whitelist) {
-      this.whitelist = Optional.of(whitelist);
-      return this;
-    }
-
     ControllerBuilder nodePermissioningController(final NodePermissioningController controller) {
       this.nodePermissioningController = Optional.of(controller);
       return this;
@@ -1314,7 +1223,6 @@ PeerDiscoveryController build() {
               TABLE_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS,
               PEER_REQUIREMENT,
               blacklist,
-              whitelist,
               nodePermissioningController,
               peerBondedObservers,
               peerDroppedObservers,
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryTableRefreshTest.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryTableRefreshTest.java
index 111b6d4274..f14c8b70f5 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryTableRefreshTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryTableRefreshTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public void tableRefreshSingleNode() {
                 () -> true,
                 new PeerBlacklist(),
                 Optional.empty(),
-                Optional.empty(),
                 new Subscribers<>(),
                 new Subscribers<>(),
                 new NoOpMetricsSystem()));
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/P2PNetworkTest.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/P2PNetworkTest.java
index 6ba2f38482..e8c30008ed 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/P2PNetworkTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/p2p/network/P2PNetworkTest.java
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ public void rejectIncomingConnectionFromNonWhitelistedPeer() throws Exception {
     try (final P2PNetwork localNetwork =
             builder()
                 .nodePermissioningController(nodePermissioningController)
-                .nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController(localWhitelistController)
                 .blockchain(blockchain)
                 .build();
         final P2PNetwork remoteNetwork = builder().build()) {
diff --git a/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/NodePermissioningController.java b/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/NodePermissioningController.java
index ab7f60342c..1fba30b302 100644
--- a/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/NodePermissioningController.java
+++ b/ethereum/permissioning/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/ethereum/permissioning/node/NodePermissioningController.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 package tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node;
 
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.node.provider.SyncStatusNodePermissioningProvider;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.Subscribers;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.util.enode.EnodeURL;
@@ -100,4 +101,11 @@ public long subscribeToUpdates(final Runnable callback) {
   public boolean unsubscribeFromUpdates(final long id) {
     return permissioningUpdateSubscribers.unsubscribe(id);
   }
+
+  public Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> localConfigController() {
+    return getProviders().stream()
+        .filter(p -> p instanceof NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController)
+        .findFirst()
+        .map(n -> (NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController) n);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/RunnerBuilder.java b/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/RunnerBuilder.java
index 7bcaf3d36b..175506eede 100644
--- a/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/RunnerBuilder.java
+++ b/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/RunnerBuilder.java
@@ -246,27 +246,17 @@ public Runner build() {
         new TransactionSimulator(
             context.getBlockchain(), context.getWorldStateArchive(), protocolSchedule);
 
-    BytesValue localNodeId = keyPair.getPublicKey().getEncodedBytes();
+    final BytesValue localNodeId = keyPair.getPublicKey().getEncodedBytes();
     final Optional<NodePermissioningController> nodePermissioningController =
         buildNodePermissioningController(
             bootnodesAsEnodeURLs, synchronizer, transactionSimulator, localNodeId);
 
-    final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeWhitelistController =
-        nodePermissioningController
-            .flatMap(
-                n ->
-                    n.getProviders().stream()
-                        .filter(p -> p instanceof NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController)
-                        .findFirst())
-            .map(n -> (NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController) n);
-
     NetworkBuilder inactiveNetwork = (caps) -> new NoopP2PNetwork();
     NetworkBuilder activeNetwork =
         (caps) ->
             DefaultP2PNetwork.builder()
                 .vertx(vertx)
                 .keyPair(keyPair)
-                .nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController(nodeWhitelistController)
                 .config(networkConfig)
                 .peerBlacklist(peerBlacklist)
                 .metricsSystem(metricsSystem)
@@ -311,6 +301,9 @@ public Runner build() {
         .map(DefaultPeer::fromEnodeURL)
         .forEach(peerNetwork::addMaintainConnectionPeer);
 
+    final Optional<NodeLocalConfigPermissioningController> nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController =
+        nodePermissioningController.flatMap(NodePermissioningController::localConfigController);
+
     Optional<JsonRpcHttpService> jsonRpcHttpService = Optional.empty();
     if (jsonRpcConfiguration.isEnabled()) {
       final Map<String, JsonRpcMethod> jsonRpcMethods =
@@ -327,7 +320,7 @@ public Runner build() {
               jsonRpcConfiguration.getRpcApis(),
               filterManager,
               accountWhitelistController,
-              nodeWhitelistController,
+              nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController,
               privacyParameters,
               jsonRpcConfiguration,
               webSocketConfiguration,
@@ -354,7 +347,7 @@ public Runner build() {
               webSocketConfiguration.getRpcApis(),
               filterManager,
               accountWhitelistController,
-              nodeWhitelistController,
+              nodeLocalConfigPermissioningController,
               privacyParameters,
               jsonRpcConfiguration,
               webSocketConfiguration,