diff --git a/src/slice/service/slice_grouper/Tools.py b/src/slice/service/slice_grouper/Tools.py
index d5a78ba2bb2c8cdaf74af977608427c247bd5913..c635ffcf4ac08147d63d2beede5914c0e8ce2056 100644
--- a/src/slice/service/slice_grouper/Tools.py
+++ b/src/slice/service/slice_grouper/Tools.py
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ NO_ISOLATION = IsolationLevelEnum.NO_ISOLATION
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def is_slice_grouping_enabled() -> bool:
-    # Temporal hack for OFC'23 multi-demo:
-    metricsdb_hostname = get_setting('METRICSDB_HOSTNAME', default='')
-    LOGGER.warning('metricsdb_hostname={:s}'.format(str(metricsdb_hostname)))
-    if '.qdb-sligrp.' in metricsdb_hostname: return True
-    # end hack
     is_enabled = get_setting(SETTING_NAME_SLICE_GROUPING, default=None)
     if is_enabled is None: return False
     str_is_enabled = str(is_enabled).upper()