diff --git a/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.h b/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.h
index 241f42a6..ba26549f 100644
--- a/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.h
+++ b/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.h
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@
 - (void) pauseDiscoveryForHost:(TemporaryHost *)host;
 - (void) resumeDiscoveryForHost:(TemporaryHost *)host;
 - (void) discoverHost:(NSString*)hostAddress withCallback:(void (^)(TemporaryHost*, NSString*))callback;
-+ (void) setBackdoorHostAddress: (NSString*)address;
 
 @end
diff --git a/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.m b/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.m
index 024cdedc..61ab62a2 100644
--- a/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.m
+++ b/Limelight/Network/DiscoveryManager.m
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 
-static NSString* backdoorHostAddress;
-
 @implementation DiscoveryManager {
     NSMutableArray* _hostQueue;
     NSMutableSet* _pausedHosts;
@@ -117,11 +115,6 @@ static NSString* backdoorHostAddress;
     //BOOL ret = NO;
     freeaddrinfo(result);
     
-    NSLog(@"backDoorHostAddress: %@", backdoorHostAddress);
-    if(ret){
-        if([address isEqualToString:backdoorHostAddress]) ret = NO;
-    }
-    backdoorHostAddress = nil;
     NSLog(@"IP Check, is prohibited: %d", ret);
 
     return NO;
@@ -130,10 +123,6 @@ static NSString* backdoorHostAddress;
 //#endif
 }
 
-+ (void)setBackdoorHostAddress: (NSString* )address{
-    backdoorHostAddress = address;
-}
-
 - (ServerInfoResponse*) getServerInfoResponseForAddress:(NSString*)address {
     HttpManager* hMan = [[HttpManager alloc] initWithAddress:address httpsPort:0 serverCert:nil];
     ServerInfoResponse* serverInfoResponse = [[ServerInfoResponse alloc] init];
diff --git a/Limelight/ViewControllers/MainFrameViewController.m b/Limelight/ViewControllers/MainFrameViewController.m
index 99407c75..11626b8b 100644
--- a/Limelight/ViewControllers/MainFrameViewController.m
+++ b/Limelight/ViewControllers/MainFrameViewController.m
@@ -579,16 +579,7 @@ static NSMutableSet* hostList;
     [alertController addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:[LocalizationHelper localizedStringForKey:@"Cancel"] style:UIAlertActionStyleCancel handler:nil]];
     [alertController addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:[LocalizationHelper localizedStringForKey:@"Ok"] style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction* action){
         NSString* hostAddress = [((UITextField*)[[alertController textFields] objectAtIndex:0]).text trim];
-        
-        //handles public IP
-        NSString *publicIpBackdoor = @"-666";
-        if ([hostAddress rangeOfString:publicIpBackdoor].location != NSNotFound) {
-            hostAddress = [hostAddress stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:publicIpBackdoor withString:@""];
-            [DiscoveryManager setBackdoorHostAddress:hostAddress];
-        } else {
-            [DiscoveryManager setBackdoorHostAddress:nil];
-        }
-        
+                
         [self showLoadingFrame:^{
             dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0), ^{
                 [self->_discMan discoverHost:hostAddress withCallback:^(TemporaryHost* host, NSString* error){
diff --git a/Limelight/ViewControllers/SWRevealViewController.m b/Limelight/ViewControllers/SWRevealViewController.m
index 0b35f977..39757a60 100755
--- a/Limelight/ViewControllers/SWRevealViewController.m
+++ b/Limelight/ViewControllers/SWRevealViewController.m
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ const int FrontViewPositionNone = 0xff;
 // tested on iOS17. this method does not call back on iOS14, runtime orientation limitation not working for iOS14. Probably depends on iOS16 or higher.
 - (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
     // Return the supported interface orientations based on the current state
-    NSLog(@"supportedInterfaceOrientations called back 666");
+    // NSLog(@"supportedInterfaceOrientations called back 666");
     //lock the orientation accordingly after streaming is started
     DataManager* dataMan = [[DataManager alloc] init];
     Settings *currentSettings = [dataMan retrieveSettings];