diff --git a/program/views.py b/program/views.py
index 923d6f2f79a7c1e2e85c15932357b7828a8943bb..2e187cf60596c157c034d3ad9e23122e87a43788 100644
--- a/program/views.py
+++ b/program/views.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 from rest_framework.pagination import LimitOffsetPagination
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import IntegrityError
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, JsonResponse
@@ -266,12 +265,12 @@ class APIUserViewSet(
     search_fields = ["username", "first_name", "last_name", "email"]
 
     def get_queryset(self):
-        """The queryset contains all the users if the requesting user is a superuser or member of
-        the privileged group, otherwise it only contains the requesting user."""
+        """The queryset contains all the users if the requesting user is a superuser, otherwise it
+        only contains the requesting user."""
 
         user = self.request.user
 
-        if user.is_superuser or user.groups.filter(name=settings.PRIVILEGED_GROUP).exists():
+        if user.is_superuser:
             return User.objects.all()
         else:
             return User.objects.filter(pk=user.id)