diff --git a/js/headfoot.js b/js/headfoot.js
index 60fb894ebf43900281d5550d3f3858f7c4459add..1dabbd0cdc1fc0424d4c36ef9647155d78447d87 100755
--- a/js/headfoot.js
+++ b/js/headfoot.js
@@ -99,15 +99,7 @@ function head(){
             for(let k = 0; k< menu[j].combos.length; k++){
                 let combolink = document.createElement('a');
                 combolink.classList.add("dropdown-item");
-                if(userAuthenticated() || typeof user !== 'undefined'){ //either logged in the old way or logged in using SAML
-                    if(menu[j].combos[k].link.includes('?')){
-                        combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link + "&isAuthenticatedUser=true";
-                    }else{    
-                        combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link + "?isAuthenticatedUser=true";
-                    }
-                }else{
-                    combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link;
-                }
+                combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link;
                 combolink.innerHTML = menu[j].combos[k].name;
                 combodiv.appendChild(combolink);
             }
diff --git a/js/headfootLogout.js b/js/headfootLogout.js
index 0f8f16b5f257346969b759e20eec8bd481b3e6d8..db3a42af7ead26152b3722ac324d2fcc70fc1244 100644
--- a/js/headfootLogout.js
+++ b/js/headfootLogout.js
@@ -98,15 +98,7 @@ function head(){
             for(let k = 0; k< menu[j].combos.length; k++){
                 let combolink = document.createElement('a');
                 combolink.classList.add("dropdown-item");
-                if(userAuthenticated() || typeof user !== 'undefined'){ //either logged in the old way or logged in using SAML
-                    if(menu[j].combos[k].link.includes('?')){
-                        combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link + "&isAuthenticatedUser=true";
-                    }else{    
-                        combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link + "?isAuthenticatedUser=true";
-                    }
-                }else{
-                    combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link;
-                }
+                combolink.href = menu[j].combos[k].link;
                 combolink.innerHTML = menu[j].combos[k].name;
                 combodiv.appendChild(combolink);
             }