diff --git a/src/Platform/Hosted/Components/ConnectExplorer.tsx b/src/Platform/Hosted/Components/ConnectExplorer.tsx
index 6e0fdd135..588ef778e 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Hosted/Components/ConnectExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Platform/Hosted/Components/ConnectExplorer.tsx
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ import ConnectImage from "../../../../images/HdeConnectCosmosDB.svg";
 import ErrorImage from "../../../../images/error.svg";
 import { AuthType } from "../../../AuthType";
 import { AccessInputMetadata } from "../../../Contracts/DataModels";
-import { isAuthorizationError } from "../../../Utils/AuthorizationUtils";
 import { parseConnectionString } from "../Helpers/ConnectionStringParser";
-import {
-  fetchEncryptedToken,
-  isAccountRestrictedForConnectionStringLogin,
-  PortalBackendError,
-} from "../Helpers/PortalBackendClient";
+import { fetchEncryptedToken, isAccountRestrictedForConnectionStringLogin } from "../Helpers/PortalBackendClient";
 import { isResourceTokenConnectionString } from "../Helpers/ResourceTokenUtils";
 import { isDirectConnectionStringLoginApi } from "../HostedUtils";
 
@@ -78,22 +73,9 @@ export const ConnectExplorer: React.FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
                   return;
                 }
 
-                try {
-                  const encryptedToken = await fetchEncryptedToken(connectionString);
-                  setEncryptedToken(encryptedToken);
-                  setAuthType(AuthType.ConnectionString);
-                } catch (error) {
-                  // A 401 or 403 means the credentials or Portal Backend were not authorized.
-                  // Any other failure is on the backend, so rather than block the login
-                  // we sign in with the metadata parsed from the connection string.
-                  if (!metadata || (error instanceof PortalBackendError && isAuthorizationError(error.statusCode))) {
-                    setErrorMessage(getErrorMessage(error));
-                    return;
-                  }
-
-                  setAccountMetadata(metadata);
-                  setAuthType(AuthType.ConnectionString);
-                }
+                const encryptedToken = await fetchEncryptedToken(connectionString);
+                setEncryptedToken(encryptedToken);
+                setAuthType(AuthType.ConnectionString);
               }}
             >
               <p className="connectExplorerContent connectStringText">Connect to your account with connection string</p>
diff --git a/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.test.ts b/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.test.ts
index 6c9cb0f48..fd361ac22 100644
--- a/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.test.ts
@@ -76,22 +76,6 @@ describe("AuthorizationUtils", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe("isAuthorizationError()", () => {
-    it("should return true for 401 and 403", () => {
-      expect(AuthorizationUtils.isAuthorizationError(401)).toBe(true);
-      expect(AuthorizationUtils.isAuthorizationError(403)).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it("should return false for other statuses", () => {
-      expect(AuthorizationUtils.isAuthorizationError(404)).toBe(false);
-      expect(AuthorizationUtils.isAuthorizationError(500)).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it("should return false when there is no status", () => {
-      expect(AuthorizationUtils.isAuthorizationError(undefined)).toBe(false);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe("decryptJWTToken()", () => {
     it("should throw an error if token is undefined", () => {
       expect(() => AuthorizationUtils.decryptJWTToken(undefined)).toThrow();
diff --git a/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.ts b/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.ts
index 40048e241..0938c6f33 100644
--- a/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/AuthorizationUtils.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ export function getAuthorizationHeader(): ViewModels.AuthorizationTokenHeaderMet
   }
 }
 
-export function isAuthorizationError(statusCode: number): boolean {
-  return statusCode === Constants.HttpStatusCodes.Unauthorized || statusCode === Constants.HttpStatusCodes.Forbidden;
-}
-
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
 export function decryptJWTToken(token: string) {
   if (!token) {