diff --git a/app/components/embed/media_tag_component.rb b/app/components/embed/media_tag_component.rb
index 2284e893c..95bf3641a 100644
--- a/app/components/embed/media_tag_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/embed/media_tag_component.rb
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ def media_tag # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
                data: {
                  src: streaming_url_for(:dash),
                  auth_url: authentication_url,
-                 stanford_only: stanford_only?,
-                 location_restricted: location_restricted?,
                  media_tag_target: 'mediaTag'
                },
                poster: poster_url_for,
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/controllers/media_tag_controller.js b/app/javascript/src/controllers/media_tag_controller.js
index 8f51ae07b..c228d60ce 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/controllers/media_tag_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/controllers/media_tag_controller.js
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ export default class extends Controller {
 
   validateMedia(completeCallback) {
     const validators = this.mediaTagTargets
-      .map((mediaTag) => {
-        const mediaContext = { isRestricted: mediaTag.dataset.stanfordOnly === "true" || mediaTag.dataset.locationRestricted === "true" }
-        return validator(mediaTag.dataset.authUrl, mediaTagTokenWriter(mediaTag), mediaContext)
-      })
+      .map((mediaTag) => validator(mediaTag.dataset.authUrl, mediaTagTokenWriter(mediaTag)))
     Promise.all(validators).then((values) => {
       values.forEach((result) => {
         return this.afterValidate(result, completeCallback)})
@@ -32,10 +29,8 @@ export default class extends Controller {
   afterValidate(result, completeCallback) {
     if (result.authResponse.status === 'success') {
       this.initializeVideoJSPlayer()
-      if (result.mediaContext.isRestricted) {
-        const event = new CustomEvent('auth-success')
-        window.dispatchEvent(event)
-      }
+      const event = new CustomEvent('auth-success')
+      window.dispatchEvent(event)
     } else {
       const event = new CustomEvent('auth-denied', { detail: result.authResponse })
       window.dispatchEvent(event)
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/modules/validator.js b/app/javascript/src/modules/validator.js
index 2d9f08f3c..221855dfd 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/modules/validator.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/modules/validator.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Calls the passed in URL to validate the user has permission to use an item
-export default function(url, tokenWriter, mediaContext) {
+export default function(url, tokenWriter) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     fetch(url, { credentials: 'include' })
       .then((data) => data.json())
       .then((authResponse) => {
         tokenWriter(authResponse.token)
-        resolve({ authResponse, mediaContext })
+        resolve({ authResponse })
       }).catch((error) => reject(error))
   })
 }