diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
index df4a14af156..3ccc7fe6177 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Api::V1::InstancesController < Api::BaseController
-  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :limited_federation_mode?
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!
   skip_around_action :set_locale
 
   vary_by ''