diff --git a/js/defaults.js b/js/defaults.js
index b0fa680ccb..8fbb365856 100644
--- a/js/defaults.js
+++ b/js/defaults.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const defaults = {
 	customCss: "config/custom.css",
 	foreignModulesDir: "modules",
 	defaultModulesDir: "defaultmodules",
-	hideConfigSecrets: false,
 	// httpHeaders used by helmet, see https://helmetjs.github.io/. You can add other/more object values by overriding this in config.js,
 	// e.g. you need to add `frameguard: false` for embedding MagicMirror in another website, see https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/issues/2847
 	httpHeaders: { contentSecurityPolicy: false, crossOriginOpenerPolicy: false, crossOriginEmbedderPolicy: false, crossOriginResourcePolicy: false, originAgentCluster: false },
diff --git a/js/node_helper.js b/js/node_helper.js
index 90e8ffa8e1..c34b090af2 100644
--- a/js/node_helper.js
+++ b/js/node_helper.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class NodeHelper {
 		io.of(this.name).on("connection", (socket) => {
 			// register catch all.
 			socket.onAny((notification, payload) => {
-				if (global.config?.hideConfigSecrets && payload && typeof payload === "object") {
+				if (payload && typeof payload === "object") {
 					try {
 						// Calculate exactly which secrets this module is allowed to receive
 						const allowedSecrets = getAllowedSecrets(this.name);
diff --git a/js/server.js b/js/server.js
index 0c48511555..60728203f7 100644
--- a/js/server.js
+++ b/js/server.js
@@ -108,17 +108,12 @@ class Server {
 			app.use(helmet(config.httpHeaders));
 			app.use("/js", express.static(__dirname));
 
-			if (config.hideConfigSecrets) {
-				const getErrorText = (filename) => {
-					return `<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n<head>\n<meta charset="utf-8">\n<title>Error</title>\n</head>\n<body>\n<pre>Cannot GET /config/${filename}</pre>\n</body>\n</html>`;
-				};
-				app.get("/config/config.env", (req, res) => {
-					res.status(404).send(getErrorText("config.env"));
-				});
-				app.get("/config/config.js", (req, res) => {
-					res.status(404).send(getErrorText("config.js"));
-				});
-			}
+			const getConfigFileError = (filename) => (req, res) => {
+				const errorText = `<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n<head>\n<meta charset="utf-8">\n<title>Error</title>\n</head>\n<body>\n<pre>Cannot GET /config/${filename}</pre>\n</body>\n</html>`;
+				res.status(404).send(errorText);
+			};
+			app.get("/config/config.env", getConfigFileError("config.env"));
+			app.get("/config/config.js", getConfigFileError("config.js"));
 
 			const directories = ["/config", "/css", "/favicon.svg", "/defaultmodules", "/modules", "/node_modules/animate.css", "/node_modules/@fontsource", "/node_modules/@fortawesome", "/node_modules/suncalc", "/translations", "/tests/configs", "/tests/mocks"];
 			for (const value of Object.values(vendor)) {
@@ -135,7 +130,7 @@ class Server {
 			const getStartup = (req, res) => res.send(startUp);
 
 			const getConfig = (req, res) => {
-				const obj = config.hideConfigSecrets ? configObj.redactedConf : configObj.fullConf;
+				const obj = configObj.redactedConf;
 				// Functions can't survive JSON.stringify, so we wrap them in a
 				// tagged object { __mmFunction: "<source>" }. The client-side
 				// JSON reviver in main.js recognises this tag and reconstructs
diff --git a/js/server_functions.js b/js/server_functions.js
index cf7b0627b1..d79ced0fbc 100644
--- a/js/server_functions.js
+++ b/js/server_functions.js
@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ const cors = async (req, res) => {
 			return res.status(400).send(url);
 		} else {
 			url = match[1];
-			if (typeof global.config !== "undefined") {
-				if (global.config.hideConfigSecrets) {
-					url = replaceSecretPlaceholder(url);
-				}
-			}
+			if (typeof global.config !== "undefined") url = replaceSecretPlaceholder(url);
 
 			// Validate protocol before attempting connection (non-http/https are never allowed)
 			let parsed;
diff --git a/js/utils.js b/js/utils.js
index 2ac76c5f8a..e209526173 100644
--- a/js/utils.js
+++ b/js/utils.js
@@ -141,21 +141,17 @@ const loadConfig = () => {
 	// Load config.js and catch errors if not accessible
 	try {
 		const configContent = fs.readFileSync(configFilename, "utf-8");
-		const hideConfigSecrets = configContent.match(/^\s*hideConfigSecrets: true.*$/m);
 		let configContentFull = configContent;
-		let configContentRedacted = hideConfigSecrets ? configContent : undefined;
+		let configContentRedacted = configContent;
 		Object.keys(process.env).forEach((env) => {
 			configContentFull = configContentFull.replaceAll(`\${${env}}`, process.env[env]);
-			if (hideConfigSecrets) {
-				if (env.startsWith("SECRET_")) {
-					configContentRedacted = configContentRedacted.replaceAll(`"\${${env}}"`, `"**${env}**"`);
-					configContentRedacted = configContentRedacted.replaceAll(`\${${env}}`, `**${env}**`);
-				} else {
-					configContentRedacted = configContentRedacted.replaceAll(`\${${env}}`, process.env[env]);
-				}
+			if (env.startsWith("SECRET_")) {
+				configContentRedacted = configContentRedacted.replaceAll(`"\${${env}}"`, `"**${env}**"`);
+				configContentRedacted = configContentRedacted.replaceAll(`\${${env}}`, `**${env}**`);
+			} else {
+				configContentRedacted = configContentRedacted.replaceAll(`\${${env}}`, process.env[env]);
 			}
 		});
-		configContentRedacted = configContentRedacted ? configContentRedacted : configContentFull;
 		const configObj = {
 			configFilename: configFilename,
 			configContentFull: configContentFull,
diff --git a/tests/configs/config_variables.js b/tests/configs/config_variables.js
index db8cb2ad88..aea032b864 100644
--- a/tests/configs/config_variables.js
+++ b/tests/configs/config_variables.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const config = require(`${process.cwd()}/tests/configs/default.js`).configFactor
 	language: "${MM_LANGUAGE}",
 	logLevel: ["${MM_LOG_ERROR}", "LOG", "WARN", "${MM_LOG_INFO}"],
 	timeFormat: ${MM_TIME_FORMAT},
-	hideConfigSecrets: true,
 	ipWhitelist: ["${SECRET_IP2}", "::${SECRET_IP3}", "${SECRET_IP1}", "192.168.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12"],
 	address: "0.0.0.0",