diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/ProcessCleanerConfiguration.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/ProcessCleanerConfiguration.java
index e765c2a4c185..91dcfb5dfec5 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/ProcessCleanerConfiguration.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/ProcessCleanerConfiguration.java
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
  */
 package org.dspace.administer;
 
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
-import org.dspace.core.Context;
-import org.dspace.scripts.DSpaceCommandLineParameter;
 import org.dspace.scripts.configuration.ScriptConfiguration;
 
 /**
@@ -22,17 +17,6 @@ public class ProcessCleanerConfiguration<T extends ProcessCleaner> extends Scrip
 
     private Class<T> dspaceRunnableClass;
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isAllowedToExecute(Context context, List<DSpaceCommandLineParameter> commandLineParameters) {
-        try {
-            return authorizeService.isAdmin(context) || authorizeService.isComColAdmin(context) ||
-                authorizeService.isItemAdmin(context);
-        } catch (SQLException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(
-                "SQLException occurred when checking if the current user is eligible to run the script", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Options getOptions() {
         if (options == null) {