diff --git a/acceptance-tests/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessPantheonNodeRunner.java b/acceptance-tests/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessPantheonNodeRunner.java
index a0f21603c1..aebed6f605 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessPantheonNodeRunner.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessPantheonNodeRunner.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.cli.EthNetworkConfig;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.RpcApi;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.RpcApis;
-import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -75,17 +74,6 @@ public void startNode(final PantheonNode node) {
     params.add("--bootnodes");
     params.add(String.join(",", node.bootnodes().toString()));
 
-    final PermissioningConfiguration permissioningConfiguration =
-        node.getPermissioningConfiguration();
-    if (permissioningConfiguration.isNodeWhitelistSet()) {
-      params.add("--nodes-whitelist");
-      params.add(String.join(",", permissioningConfiguration.getNodeWhitelist().toString()));
-    }
-    if (permissioningConfiguration.isAccountWhitelistSet()) {
-      params.add("--accounts-whitelist");
-      params.add(String.join(",", permissioningConfiguration.getAccountWhitelist().toString()));
-    }
-
     if (node.jsonRpcEnabled()) {
       params.add("--rpc-enabled");
       params.add("--rpc-listen");
diff --git a/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommand.java b/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommand.java
index 3823343484..e289ad6ac6 100644
--- a/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommand.java
+++ b/pantheon/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommand.java
@@ -453,29 +453,6 @@ private Long configureRefreshDelay(final Long refreshDelay) {
   )
   private final Boolean permissionsAccountsEnabled = false;
 
-  // Permissioning: A list of whitelist nodes can be passed.
-  @Option(
-    names = {"--nodes-whitelist"},
-    description =
-        "Comma separated enode URLs for permissioned networks. "
-            + "Not intended to be used with mainnet or public testnets.",
-    split = ",",
-    arity = "0..*",
-    converter = EnodeToURIPropertyConverter.class
-  )
-  private final Collection<URI> nodesWhitelist = null;
-
-  @Option(
-    names = {"--accounts-whitelist"},
-    paramLabel = "<hex string of account public key>",
-    description =
-        "Comma separated hex strings of account public keys "
-            + "for permissioned/role-based transactions. You may specify an empty list.",
-    split = ",",
-    arity = "0..*"
-  )
-  private final Collection<String> accountsWhitelist = null;
-
   @Option(
     names = {"--privacy-url"},
     description = "The URL on which enclave is running "
diff --git a/pantheon/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml b/pantheon/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
index fd0ca59039..a910d3053d 100644
--- a/pantheon/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
+++ b/pantheon/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ miner-extra-data="0x444F4E27542050414E4943202120484F444C2C20484F444C2C20484F444C
 min-gas-price="1"
 
 # Permissioning
-accounts-whitelist=["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000009"]
-nodes-whitelist=["all"]
 permissions-nodes-enabled=false
 permissions-accounts-enabled=false