diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml
index 4a0473572..9b990e5bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --network-timeout 600000
 
-      - name: Fetch open group blocklist
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: oxen-io/blocklist
-          path: blocklist
-
-      # - name: Output blocklist location
-      #   run: find / -name "blocklist" 2>/dev/null
-
       - name: Generate and concat files
         run: yarn generate
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 879bbad9e..de180c126 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@
     },
     "files": [
       "package.json",
-      "blocklist/blocklist.txt",
       "config/default.json",
       "config/${env.SIGNAL_ENV}.json",
       "config/local-${env.SIGNAL_ENV}.json",
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 0f990ad8e..7674ae7d1 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const { webFrame, remote, clipboard, ipcRenderer } = require('electron');
 
 const { app } = remote;
 const url = require('url');
-const fs = require('fs');
 
 const config = url.parse(window.location.toString(), true).query;
 
@@ -214,23 +213,6 @@ window.clipboard = clipboard;
 
 window.getSeedNodeList = () => JSON.parse(config.seedNodeList);
 
-window.getOpenGroupBlockList = () => {
-  // const blocklist = url.parse(window.location.toString(), true).query;
-  if (!window.groupBlockList) {
-    try {
-      const blockList = fs
-        .readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'blocklist', 'blocklist.txt'), 'utf8')
-        .toString()
-        .split('\n');
-      // TODO: trim whitespace
-      window.groupBlockList = blockList;
-    } catch (e) {
-      return [];
-    }
-  }
-  return window.groupBlockList;
-};
-
 const { locale: localFromEnv } = config;
 window.i18n = i18n.setup(localFromEnv, localeMessages);
 
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/JoinOpenGroupV2.ts b/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/JoinOpenGroupV2.ts
index b4fa42526..c3d2b7928 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/JoinOpenGroupV2.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/JoinOpenGroupV2.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { getV2OpenGroupRoomByRoomId, OpenGroupV2Room } from '../../../../data/opengroups';
 import { getConversationController } from '../../../conversations';
-import { getSodium } from '../../../crypto';
 import { PromiseUtils, ToastUtils } from '../../../utils';
 import { forceSyncConfigurationNowIfNeeded } from '../../../utils/syncUtils';
 import {
@@ -45,24 +44,6 @@ export function parseOpenGroupV2(urlWithPubkey: string): OpenGroupV2Room | undef
   return undefined;
 }
 
-/**
- * Checks if the group pubkey (hashed as blake2b) is in the list of blocked groups (also hashed)
- * @param serverPubKey PubKey of the open group being evaluated
- * @returns true - group is in the blocklist, false - the group is not in the blocklist
- */
-export const isGroupInBlockList = async (serverPubKey: string): Promise<boolean> => {
-  const blockList = window?.getOpenGroupBlockList();
-  window?.log?.warn({ blockList });
-  if (!blockList || !blockList.length) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  const sodium = await getSodium();
-  // generic hash is blake2b
-  const serverPubKeyBlake2bHash = sodium.crypto_generichash(32, serverPubKey, null, 'hex');
-  return blockList.includes(serverPubKeyBlake2bHash);
-};
-
 /**
  * Join an open group using the v2 logic.
  *
@@ -77,10 +58,6 @@ async function joinOpenGroupV2(room: OpenGroupV2Room, fromConfigMessage: boolean
     return;
   }
 
-  if (await isGroupInBlockList(room.serverPublicKey)) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   const serverUrl = room.serverUrl.toLowerCase();
   const roomId = room.roomId.toLowerCase();
   const publicKey = room.serverPublicKey.toLowerCase();
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/OpenGroupManagerV2.ts b/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/OpenGroupManagerV2.ts
index d8b1b3abd..d2e279d7f 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/OpenGroupManagerV2.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/OpenGroupManagerV2.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { OpenGroupServerPoller } from './OpenGroupServerPoller';
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import autoBind from 'auto-bind';
-import { isGroupInBlockList } from './JoinOpenGroupV2';
 
 let instance: OpenGroupManagerV2 | undefined;
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ export class OpenGroupManagerV2 {
         [...allRoomInfos.values()].map(async infos => {
           try {
             const roomConvoId = getOpenGroupV2ConversationId(infos.serverUrl, infos.roomId);
-            if (!allConvos.get(roomConvoId) || (await isGroupInBlockList(infos.serverPublicKey))) {
+            if (!allConvos.get(roomConvoId)) {
               // remove the roomInfos locally for this open group room
               await removeV2OpenGroupRoom(roomConvoId);
               getOpenGroupManager().removeRoomFromPolledRooms(infos);