diff --git a/app/views/registrant/whois/index.haml b/app/views/registrant/whois/index.haml
index 3d95af638..5b1e64efa 100644
--- a/app/views/registrant/whois/index.haml
+++ b/app/views/registrant/whois/index.haml
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 = render 'shared/title', name: t(:whois)
 
-- if ENV['restful_whois_url'].blank?
-  %p
-    Registrant configuration issue: missing restful_whois_url
-- else
-  .row
-    .col-md-12{style: 'margin-bottom: -15px;'}
-      = form_tag registrant_whois_path, class: 'form-horizontal', method: :get do
-        .col-md-11
-          .form-group
-            = text_field_tag :domain_name, params[:domain_name], class: 'form-control', placeholder: t(:domain_name), autocomplete: 'off', autofocus: true
-        .col-md-1.text-right.text-center-xs
-          .form-group
-            %button.btn.btn-default
-               
-              %span.glyphicon.glyphicon-search
-               
-  %hr
-  - if @domain
-    %pre= @domain.body
\ No newline at end of file
+.row
+  .col-md-12{style: 'margin-bottom: -15px;'}
+    = form_tag registrant_whois_path, class: 'form-horizontal', method: :get do
+      .col-md-11
+        .form-group
+          = text_field_tag :domain_name, params[:domain_name], class: 'form-control', placeholder: t(:domain_name), autocomplete: 'off', autofocus: true
+      .col-md-1.text-right.text-center-xs
+        .form-group
+          %button.btn.btn-default
+             
+            %span.glyphicon.glyphicon-search
+             
+%hr
+- if @domain
+  %pre= @domain.body
diff --git a/config/application-example.yml b/config/application-example.yml
index 9d68e44e8..69ade1976 100644
--- a/config/application-example.yml
+++ b/config/application-example.yml
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ key_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/private/webclient.key.pem'
 epp_hostname: 'registry.gitlab.eu'
 repp_url: 'https://repp.gitlab.eu/repp/v1/'
 
-
-#
-# REGISTRANT configuration
-#
-restful_whois_url: 'https://restful-whois.example.com'
-
 #
 # Estonian Business Registry
 #