diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts
index f3df97330..00e3884bd 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { request } from "@app/lib/config/request";
 import { BadRequestError, NotFoundError, PermissionBoundaryError, UnauthorizedError } from "@app/lib/errors";
 import { extractIPDetails, isValidIpOrCidr } from "@app/lib/ip";
 import { logger } from "@app/lib/logger";
-import { blockLocalAndPrivateIpAddresses } from "@app/lib/validator";
 
 import { ActorType, AuthTokenType } from "../auth/auth-type";
 import { TIdentityOrgDALFactory } from "../identity/identity-org-dal";
@@ -59,9 +58,7 @@ export const identityOciAuthServiceFactory = ({
 
     const identityMembershipOrg = await identityOrgMembershipDAL.findOne({ identityId: identityOciAuth.identityId });
 
-    await blockLocalAndPrivateIpAddresses(headers.host);
-
-    // Validate OCI host format
+    // Validate OCI host format. Ensures that the host is in "identity.<region>.oraclecloud.com" format.
     if (!headers.host || !new RE2("^identity\\.([a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-[1-9])\\.oraclecloud\\.com$").test(headers.host)) {
       throw new BadRequestError({
         message: "Invalid OCI host format. Expected format: identity.<region>.oraclecloud.com"