diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/config.py b/src/axolotl/cli/config.py
index 43c030f4f..cb0eece7f 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/config.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import torch
 import yaml
 from transformers.utils import is_torch_bf16_gpu_available
 
-from axolotl.cli.redaction import redact_sensitive_info
 from axolotl.integrations.base import PluginManager
 from axolotl.utils.comet_ import setup_comet_env_vars
 from axolotl.utils.config import (
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@ from axolotl.utils.wandb_ import setup_wandb_env_vars
 
 LOG = get_logger(__name__)
 
+API_KEY_FIELDS = {"comet_api_key"}
+
 
 def check_remote_config(config: Union[str, Path]) -> Union[str, Path]:
     """
@@ -234,12 +235,15 @@ def load_cfg(
     setup_comet_env_vars(cfg)
     plugin_set_cfg(cfg)
 
-    redacted_cfg = redact_sensitive_info(cfg)
-    redacted_cfg = {k: v for k, v in redacted_cfg.items() if v is not None}
+    cfg_to_log = {
+        k: "[REDACTED]" if k in API_KEY_FIELDS else v
+        for k, v in cfg.items()
+        if v is not None
+    }
 
     LOG.info(
         "config:\n%s",
-        json.dumps(redacted_cfg, indent=2, default=str, sort_keys=True),
+        json.dumps(cfg_to_log, indent=2, default=str, sort_keys=True),
     )
 
     return cfg
diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/redaction.py b/src/axolotl/cli/redaction.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 51ce73a9b..000000000
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/redaction.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-"""Utils for redaction of sensitive information in config."""
-
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
-
-import yaml
-
-# NOTE: Borrowed from the telemetry logic. Should be unified with it once merged.
-WHITELIST_PATH = str(Path(__file__).parent / "redaction_whitelist.yaml")
-
-with open(WHITELIST_PATH, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    WHITELIST = yaml.safe_load(f)
-
-    # Send org strings to lowercase since model names are case insensitive
-    WHITELIST["organizations"] = {org.lower() for org in WHITELIST["organizations"]}
-
-
-# NOTE: Need to keep these up to date with any config schema changes.
-FIELDS_TO_REDACT = {
-    "base_model",
-    "tokenizer_config",
-    "base_model_config",
-    "pretraining_dataset",  # NOTE: this field may be a string or a dictionary.
-    "resume_from_checkpoint",
-    "hub_model_id",
-}
-PREFIXES_TO_REDACT = {"wandb_", "comet_", "mlflow_", "gradio_"}
-PATH_INDICATORS = {"path", "dir"}
-
-
-def is_whitelisted(value: str) -> bool:
-    """
-    Check if model / dataset / etc. org is in whitelist.
-
-    This logic is borrowed from the telemetry logic. Should be unified with it once
-    merged.
-
-    Args:
-        value: Value for one of `FIELDS_WITH_ORGS` ("base_model", etc.).
-
-    Returns:
-        Boolean indicating whitelist membership.
-    """
-    # NOTE: This membership-checking logic can be improved.
-    # What happens when a local model path matches a whitelisted org?
-    parts = value.split("/")
-    if len(parts) < 2:
-        return False
-    org = parts[0]
-    whitelisted = org.lower() in WHITELIST["organizations"]
-
-    return whitelisted
-
-
-def redact_sensitive_info(properties: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """
-    Redact properties to remove any paths, API keys, etc., so as to avoid collecting
-    private or personally identifiable information (PII).
-
-    This logic is borrowed from the telemetry logic. It can be unified with it once
-    merged.
-
-    Args:
-        properties: Dictionary of properties to redact.
-
-    Returns:
-        Properties dictionary with redaction applied.
-    """
-    if not properties:
-        return {}
-
-    def redact_value(value: Any, key: str = "") -> Any:
-        """Recursively sanitize values, redacting those with path-like keys"""
-        if isinstance(key, str) and isinstance(value, str):
-            # Other redaction special cases
-            if (
-                key in FIELDS_TO_REDACT
-                or any(prefix in key for prefix in PREFIXES_TO_REDACT)
-                or any(indicator in key.lower() for indicator in PATH_INDICATORS)
-            ):
-                # Fields with whitelisted orgs don't need to be redacted
-                if not is_whitelisted(value):
-                    return "[REDACTED]"
-
-        # Handle nested values
-        if isinstance(value, dict):
-            return {k: redact_value(v, k) for k, v in value.items()}
-        if isinstance(value, list):
-            return [redact_value(item) for item in value]
-
-        return value
-
-    # Create new dict with redacted values
-    redacted = {k: redact_value(v, k) for k, v in properties.items()}
-
-    return redacted
diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/redaction_whitelist.yaml b/src/axolotl/cli/redaction_whitelist.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 62eb2139e..000000000
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/redaction_whitelist.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-organizations:
-  - "axolotl-ai-co"
-  - "meta-llama"
-  - "huggingface"
-  - "nvidia"
-  - "facebook"
-  - "google"
-  - "microsoft"
-  - "deepseek-ai"
-  - "HuggingFaceTB"
-  - "mistralai"
-  - "Qwen"
-  - "unsloth"
-  - "NousResearch"
-  - "allenai"
-  - "amd"
-  - "tiiuae"