diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 2a2d9fbacd8..905c250962d 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 firejail (0.9.67) baseline; urgency=low
   * work in progress
   * deprecated --disable-whitelist at compile time
+  * deprecated whitelist=yes/no in /etc/firejail/firejail.config
  -- netblue30 <netblue30@yahoo.com>  Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0500
 
 firejail (0.9.66) baseline; urgency=low
diff --git a/etc/firejail.config b/etc/firejail.config
index 43db494226c..2e355586b0a 100644
--- a/etc/firejail.config
+++ b/etc/firejail.config
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@
 # Enable or disable user namespace support, default enabled.
 # userns yes
 
-# Enable or disable whitelisting support, default enabled.
-# whitelist yes
-
 # Disable whitelist top level directories, in addition to those
 # that are disabled out of the box. None by default; this is an example.
 # whitelist-disable-topdir /etc,/usr/etc
diff --git a/src/firejail/checkcfg.c b/src/firejail/checkcfg.c
index 501804cbbfc..06e6f0ccb9a 100644
--- a/src/firejail/checkcfg.c
+++ b/src/firejail/checkcfg.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ int checkcfg(int val) {
 			PARSE_YESNO(CFG_FIREJAIL_PROMPT, "firejail-prompt")
 			PARSE_YESNO(CFG_FORCE_NONEWPRIVS, "force-nonewprivs")
 			PARSE_YESNO(CFG_SECCOMP, "seccomp")
-			PARSE_YESNO(CFG_WHITELIST, "whitelist")
 			PARSE_YESNO(CFG_NETWORK, "network")
 			PARSE_YESNO(CFG_RESTRICTED_NETWORK, "restricted-network")
 			PARSE_YESNO(CFG_XEPHYR_WINDOW_TITLE, "xephyr-window-title")
diff --git a/src/firejail/firejail.h b/src/firejail/firejail.h
index 9971d30b6dc..6c9d70c0b53 100644
--- a/src/firejail/firejail.h
+++ b/src/firejail/firejail.h
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ enum {
 	CFG_NETWORK,
 	CFG_RESTRICTED_NETWORK,
 	CFG_FORCE_NONEWPRIVS,
-	CFG_WHITELIST,
 	CFG_XEPHYR_WINDOW_TITLE,
 	CFG_OVERLAYFS,
 	CFG_PRIVATE_BIN,
diff --git a/src/firejail/main.c b/src/firejail/main.c
index b97b1f6adb6..f64994e0242 100644
--- a/src/firejail/main.c
+++ b/src/firejail/main.c
@@ -1602,28 +1602,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
 		// whitelist
 		else if (strncmp(argv[i], "--whitelist=", 12) == 0) {
-			if (checkcfg(CFG_WHITELIST)) {
-				char *line;
-				if (asprintf(&line, "whitelist %s", argv[i] + 12) == -1)
-					errExit("asprintf");
+			char *line;
+			if (asprintf(&line, "whitelist %s", argv[i] + 12) == -1)
+				errExit("asprintf");
 
-				profile_check_line(line, 0, NULL);	// will exit if something wrong
-				profile_add(line);
-			}
-			else
-				exit_err_feature("whitelist");
+			profile_check_line(line, 0, NULL);	// will exit if something wrong
+			profile_add(line);
 		}
 		else if (strncmp(argv[i], "--allow=", 8) == 0) {
-			if (checkcfg(CFG_WHITELIST)) {
-				char *line;
-				if (asprintf(&line, "whitelist %s", argv[i] + 8) == -1)
-					errExit("asprintf");
+			char *line;
+			if (asprintf(&line, "whitelist %s", argv[i] + 8) == -1)
+				errExit("asprintf");
 
-				profile_check_line(line, 0, NULL);	// will exit if something wrong
-				profile_add(line);
-			}
-			else
-				exit_err_feature("whitelist");
+			profile_check_line(line, 0, NULL);	// will exit if something wrong
+			profile_add(line);
 		}
 		else if (strncmp(argv[i], "--nowhitelist=", 14) == 0) {
 			char *line;
diff --git a/src/firejail/profile.c b/src/firejail/profile.c
index 4301878095b..29bb5fbacfe 100644
--- a/src/firejail/profile.c
+++ b/src/firejail/profile.c
@@ -1589,18 +1589,8 @@ int profile_check_line(char *ptr, int lineno, const char *fname) {
 	else if (strncmp(ptr, "noblacklist ", 12) == 0)
 		ptr += 12;
 	else if (strncmp(ptr, "whitelist ", 10) == 0) {
-		if (checkcfg(CFG_WHITELIST)) {
-			arg_whitelist = 1;
-			ptr += 10;
-		}
-		else {
-			static int whitelist_warning_printed = 0;
-			if (!whitelist_warning_printed) {
-				warning_feature_disabled("whitelist");
-				whitelist_warning_printed = 1;
-			}
-			return 0;
-		}
+		arg_whitelist = 1;
+		ptr += 10;
 	}
 	else if (strncmp(ptr, "nowhitelist ", 12) == 0)
 		ptr += 12;