diff --git a/app/authentication/token.py b/app/authentication/token.py
index facfe2fe0..10e817000 100644
--- a/app/authentication/token.py
+++ b/app/authentication/token.py
@@ -7,17 +7,13 @@
 from ..routes import dataset_dependency
 
 from ..utils.rw_api import who_am_i
+from ..settings.globals import PROTECTED_QUERY_DATASETS
 
 # token dependency where we immediately cause an exception if there is no auth token
 oauth2_scheme = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl="/token")
 # token dependency where we don't cause exception if there is no auth token
 oauth2_scheme_no_auto = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl="/token", auto_error=False)
 
-# Datasets that require admin privileges to do a query. (Extra protection on
-# commercial datasets which shouldn't be downloaded in any way.)
-PROTECTED_QUERY_DATASETS = ["wdpa_licensed_protected_areas"]
-
-
 async def is_service_account(token: str = Depends(oauth2_scheme)) -> bool:
     """Calls GFW API to authorize user.
 
diff --git a/app/routes/datasets/queries.py b/app/routes/datasets/queries.py
index 249c37d26..5a43fb307 100755
--- a/app/routes/datasets/queries.py
+++ b/app/routes/datasets/queries.py
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ async def query_dataset_json(
         GeostoreOrigin.gfw, description="Service to search first for geostore."
     ),
     is_authorized: bool = Depends(is_gfwpro_admin_for_query),
+    # api_key: APIKey = Depends(get_api_key),
 ):
     """Execute a READ-ONLY SQL query on the given dataset version (if
     implemented) and return response in JSON format.
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ async def query_dataset_csv(
         Delimiters.comma, description="Delimiter to use for CSV file."
     ),
     is_authorized: bool = Depends(is_gfwpro_admin_for_query),
+    # api_key: APIKey = Depends(get_api_key),
 ):
     """Execute a READ-ONLY SQL query on the given dataset version (if
     implemented) and return response in CSV format.
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ async def query_dataset_json_post(
     dataset_version: Tuple[str, str] = Depends(dataset_version_dependency),
     request: QueryRequestIn,
     is_authorized: bool = Depends(is_gfwpro_admin_for_query),
+    # api_key: APIKey = Depends(get_api_key),
 ):
     """Execute a READ-ONLY SQL query on the given dataset version (if
     implemented)."""
@@ -284,6 +287,7 @@ async def query_dataset_csv_post(
     dataset_version: Tuple[str, str] = Depends(dataset_version_dependency),
     request: CsvQueryRequestIn,
     is_authorized: bool = Depends(is_gfwpro_admin_for_query),
+    # api_key: APIKey = Depends(get_api_key),
 ):
     """Execute a READ-ONLY SQL query on the given dataset version (if
     implemented)."""
diff --git a/app/settings/globals.py b/app/settings/globals.py
index 5630c647e..018daa267 100644
--- a/app/settings/globals.py
+++ b/app/settings/globals.py
@@ -185,3 +185,7 @@
 GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS = config(
     "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", cast=str, default="/root/.gcs/private_key.json"
 )
+
+# Datasets that require admin privileges to do a query. (Extra protection on
+# commercial datasets which shouldn't be downloaded in any way.)
+PROTECTED_QUERY_DATASETS = ["wdpa_licensed_protected_areas"]