diff --git a/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/application.yml b/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/application.yml
index 0dfa073a790..4c9cf325f68 100644
--- a/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/application.yml
+++ b/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/application.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ hedera:
         enabled: false
       redis:
         enabled: false
-      response:
-        includeAdminKey: true
diff --git a/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/specs/network/nodes/include-admin-key-feature-flag-false.json b/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/specs/network/nodes/include-admin-key-feature-flag-false.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cf846a283e4..00000000000
--- a/hedera-mirror-rest/__tests__/specs/network/nodes/include-admin-key-feature-flag-false.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "description": "Network nodes API with all params",
-  "setup": {
-    "config": {
-      "response": {
-        "includeAdminKey": false
-      }
-    },
-    "addressbooks": [
-      {
-        "start_consensus_timestamp": 1,
-        "memo": null,
-        "file_id": 101,
-        "node_count": 1
-      },
-      {
-        "start_consensus_timestamp": 2,
-        "file_id": 102,
-        "node_count": 1
-      },
-      {
-        "start_consensus_timestamp": 187654000123456,
-        "memo": null,
-        "file_id": 101,
-        "node_count": 2
-      },
-      {
-        "start_consensus_timestamp": 187654000123457,
-        "file_id": 102,
-        "node_count": 2
-      }
-    ],
-    "addressbookentries": [
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 1,
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "node_account_id": 3
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 2,
-        "memo": "0.0.3",
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "node_account_id": 3
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123456,
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "node_account_id": 3
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123456,
-        "node_id": 1,
-        "node_account_id": 4
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123457,
-        "memo": "0.0.3",
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "node_account_id": 3
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123457,
-        "memo": "0.0.4",
-        "node_id": 1,
-        "node_account_id": 4
-      }
-    ],
-    "addressbookserviceendpoints": [
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 1,
-        "ip_address_v4": "127.0.0.1",
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "port": 50211
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 2,
-        "ip_address_v4": "128.0.0.1",
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "port": 50212
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123456,
-        "ip_address_v4": "127.0.0.3",
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "port": 50213
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123456,
-        "ip_address_v4": "127.0.0.4",
-        "node_id": 1,
-        "port": 50214
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123457,
-        "domain_name": "https://www.node5.com",
-        "ip_address_v4": "",
-        "port": 50215,
-        "node_id": 0
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123457,
-        "ip_address_v4": "128.0.0.6",
-        "node_id": 1,
-        "port": 50216
-      }
-    ],
-    "nodestakes": [
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 1,
-        "epoch_day": 1,
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "reward_rate": 5,
-        "stake": 10,
-        "stake_rewarded": 2
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 2,
-        "epoch_day": 2,
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "reward_rate": 6,
-        "stake": 11,
-        "stake_rewarded": 3
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123456,
-        "epoch_day": 3,
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "reward_rate": 7,
-        "stake": 12,
-        "stake_rewarded": 4
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123456,
-        "epoch_day": 1,
-        "node_id": 1,
-        "reward_rate": 8,
-        "stake": 100,
-        "stake_rewarded": 20
-      },
-      {
-        "_description": "An old entry without data for max_stake, min_stake, and stake_not_rewarded",
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123457,
-        "max_stake": -1,
-        "min_stake": -1,
-        "epoch_day": 4,
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "reward_rate": 9,
-        "stake": 13,
-        "stake_not_rewarded": -1,
-        "stake_rewarded": 5
-      },
-      {
-        "consensus_timestamp": 187654000123457,
-        "epoch_day": 2,
-        "node_id": 1,
-        "reward_rate": 10,
-        "stake": 101,
-        "stake_rewarded": 21
-      }
-    ],
-    "nodes": [
-      {
-        "admin_key": "3a21b5b1ce6a41a2c3c147ea7c183cbabca97c519cc257ac02b673043b0482fcabd0c4",
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "created_timestamp": 1664365660048674966,
-        "deleted": false,
-        "timestamp_range": "[0,)"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "url": "/api/v1/network/nodes?file.id=102&node.id=0&limit=1&order=desc",
-  "responseStatus": 200,
-  "responseJson": {
-    "nodes": [
-      {
-        "description": "description",
-        "file_id": "0.0.102",
-        "max_stake": null,
-        "memo": "0.0.3",
-        "min_stake": null,
-        "node_account_id": "0.0.3",
-        "node_cert_hash": "0x01d173753810c0aae794ba72d5443c292e9ff962b01046220dd99f5816422696e0569c977e2f169e1e5688afc8f4aa16",
-        "node_id": 0,
-        "public_key": "0x4a5ad514f0957fa170a676210c9bdbddf3bc9519702cf915fa6767a40463b96f",
-        "reward_rate_start": 9,
-        "service_endpoints": [
-          {
-            "domain_name": "https://www.node5.com",
-            "ip_address_v4": "",
-            "port": 50215
-          }
-        ],
-        "stake": 13,
-        "stake_not_rewarded": null,
-        "stake_rewarded": 5,
-        "staking_period": {
-          "from": "86400.000000000",
-          "to": "172800.000000000"
-        },
-        "timestamp": {
-          "from": "187654.000123457",
-          "to": null
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "links": {
-      "next": "/api/v1/network/nodes?file.id=102&node.id=0&limit=1&order=desc"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/hedera-mirror-rest/config/application.yml b/hedera-mirror-rest/config/application.yml
index 9448ec9632f..3d8f51036ed 100644
--- a/hedera-mirror-rest/config/application.yml
+++ b/hedera-mirror-rest/config/application.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ hedera:
               { "cache-control": "public, max-age=600" }
             /api/v1/transactions/:transactionId/stateproof:
               { "cache-control": "public, max-age=600" }
-        includeAdminKey: false
         includeHostInLink: false
         limit:
           default: 25
diff --git a/hedera-mirror-rest/viewmodel/networkNodeViewModel.js b/hedera-mirror-rest/viewmodel/networkNodeViewModel.js
index 64d46bb66df..ee0458e55ac 100644
--- a/hedera-mirror-rest/viewmodel/networkNodeViewModel.js
+++ b/hedera-mirror-rest/viewmodel/networkNodeViewModel.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import AddressBookServiceEndpointViewModel from './addressBookServiceEndpointViewModel';
 import EntityId from '../entityId';
 import * as utils from '../utils';
-import config from '../config';
 
 /**
  * Network node view model
@@ -30,9 +29,7 @@ class NetworkNodeViewModel {
    */
   constructor(networkNode) {
     const {addressBookEntry, nodeStake, node} = networkNode;
-    if (config.response.includeAdminKey) {
-      this.admin_key = utils.encodeKey(node.adminKey);
-    }
+    this.admin_key = utils.encodeKey(node.adminKey);
     this.description = addressBookEntry.description;
     this.file_id = EntityId.parse(networkNode.addressBook.fileId).toString();
     this.max_stake = utils.asNullIfDefault(nodeStake.maxStake, -1);