diff --git a/packages/host/mk-sql/src/ms_sql/instance.rs b/packages/host/mk-sql/src/ms_sql/instance.rs
index 81310362876..ffe7b2a9d8a 100644
--- a/packages/host/mk-sql/src/ms_sql/instance.rs
+++ b/packages/host/mk-sql/src/ms_sql/instance.rs
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ async fn find_working_instances(
     ms_sql: &config::ms_sql::Config,
     environment: &Env,
 ) -> Result<Vec<SqlInstance>> {
-    let builders = find_allowed_instance_builders(ms_sql).await?;
+    let builders = find_all_instance_builders(ms_sql).await?;
     if builders.is_empty() {
         log::warn!("Found NO allowed SQL server instances");
         return Ok(Vec::new());
@@ -2033,32 +2033,21 @@ async fn find_working_instances(
         .collect::<Vec<SqlInstance>>())
 }
 
-async fn find_allowed_instance_builders(
-    ms_sql: &config::ms_sql::Config,
-) -> Result<Vec<SqlInstanceBuilder>> {
-    let builders = find_all_instance_builders(ms_sql).await?;
-    Ok(builders
-        .into_iter()
-        .filter(|i| ms_sql.is_instance_allowed(&i.get_name()))
-        .collect::<Vec<SqlInstanceBuilder>>())
-}
-
 pub async fn find_all_instance_builders(
     ms_sql: &config::ms_sql::Config,
 ) -> Result<Vec<SqlInstanceBuilder>> {
-    let found = find_detectable_instance_builders(ms_sql).await;
-    log::info!(
-        "Found {} instances by discovery: [ {} ]",
-        found.len(),
-        found
-            .iter()
-            .map(|i| format!("{}", i.get_name()))
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .join(", ")
-    );
-
     let detected = if ms_sql.discovery().detect() {
-        found
+        let builders = detect_instance_builders(ms_sql).await;
+        log::info!(
+            "Found {} instances by discovery: [ {} ]",
+            builders.len(),
+            builders
+                .iter()
+                .map(|i| format!("{}", i.get_name()))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(", ")
+        );
+        builders
     } else {
         ms_sql
             .discovery()
@@ -2086,9 +2075,7 @@ pub async fn find_all_instance_builders(
 }
 
 /// find instances described in the config but not detected by the discovery
-async fn find_detectable_instance_builders(
-    ms_sql: &config::ms_sql::Config,
-) -> Vec<SqlInstanceBuilder> {
+async fn detect_instance_builders(ms_sql: &config::ms_sql::Config) -> Vec<SqlInstanceBuilder> {
     obtain_instance_builders(&ms_sql.endpoint(), &[], ms_sql.discovery())
         .await
         .unwrap_or_else(|e| {