diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/include/filesystemaccess.h b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/include/filesystemaccess.h
index 6acdbb1c87..945fcb113d 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/include/filesystemaccess.h
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/include/filesystemaccess.h
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ public:
      *
      * \param fileExtension string that defines the filter used to find files. Only
      *                      files with this extension will be recognized (e.g. '.xml')
-     * \param approvedPaths vector or strings containing directory names to be included
-     *                      in the search. These are directories at the base level of
-     *                      the starting point of the search. Any sub-directories within
-     *                      these directories will be included.
      * \param hideFileExtensions if true then file extensions will be removed from the
      *                           listed files in the output
      * \param useCheckboxes if true then the text output format will contain a '0' as
@@ -45,8 +41,7 @@ public:
      *                      used to represent checked ('1'), uncheck ('0') or doesn't
      *                      exist in filesystem ('x') states.
      */
-    FileSystemAccess(std::string fileExtension,
-        std::vector<std::string> approvedPaths, bool hideFileExtensions,
+    FileSystemAccess(std::string fileExtension, bool hideFileExtensions,
         bool useCheckboxes);
 
     /**
@@ -54,7 +49,8 @@ public:
      *
      * \param dir The directory from which to start the search from
      */
-    std::string useQtFileSystemModelToTraverseDir(std::string dir, bool usersAssets = false);
+    std::string useQtFileSystemModelToTraverseDir(std::string dir,
+        bool usersAssets = false);
 
 private:
     void parseChildDirElements(QFileInfo item, std::string space, int level,
@@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ private:
         bool userAssets);
     void parseChildFile(std::string res, bool& hasDirHeaderBeenAdded,
         std::vector<std::string>& dirNames, std::vector<std::string>& output);
-    bool isApprovedPath(std::string path);
 
     QFileSystemModel _filesystemModel;
     QDir::Filters _fileFilterOptions = QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot;
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/filesystemaccess.cpp b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/filesystemaccess.cpp
index 9912c3bead..f58665913d 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/filesystemaccess.cpp
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/filesystemaccess.cpp
@@ -25,15 +25,14 @@
 #include "filesystemaccess.h"
 
 FileSystemAccess::FileSystemAccess(std::string fileExtension,
-                                   std::vector<std::string> approvedPaths,
                                    bool hideFileExtensions, bool useCheckboxes)
     : _fileExtension(std::move(fileExtension))
-    , _approvedPaths(std::move(approvedPaths))
     , _hideFileExtensions(hideFileExtensions)
     , _useCheckboxes(useCheckboxes)
 {}
 
-std::string FileSystemAccess::useQtFileSystemModelToTraverseDir(std::string dir, bool userAssets) {
+std::string FileSystemAccess::useQtFileSystemModelToTraverseDir(std::string dir,
+                                                                bool userAssets) {
     _filesystemModel.setRootPath(QString::fromStdString(dir));
     QModelIndex index = _filesystemModel.index(_filesystemModel.rootPath());
     QFileInfo fileInfo = _filesystemModel.fileInfo(index);
@@ -48,8 +47,10 @@ std::string FileSystemAccess::useQtFileSystemModelToTraverseDir(std::string dir,
 }
 
 void FileSystemAccess::parseChildDirElements(QFileInfo fileInfo, std::string space,
-                                         int level, std::vector<std::string>& dirNames,
-                                         std::vector<std::string>& output, bool userAssets)
+                                             int level,
+                                             std::vector<std::string>& dirNames,
+                                             std::vector<std::string>& output,
+                                             bool userAssets)
 {
     QDir dir(fileInfo.filePath());
     bool hasDirHeaderBeenAdded = false;
@@ -62,10 +63,8 @@ void FileSystemAccess::parseChildDirElements(QFileInfo fileInfo, std::string spa
             res = "${USER_ASSETS}/" + res;
         }
         if (fi.isDir()) {
-            if (level != 0 || (level == 0 && (isApprovedPath(res) || userAssets))) {
-                dirNames.push_back(res);
-                parseChildDirElements(fi, (space + " "), level + 1, dirNames, output, userAssets);
-            }
+            dirNames.push_back(res);
+            parseChildDirElements(fi, (space + " "), level + 1, dirNames, output, userAssets);
         }
         else {
             parseChildFile(res, hasDirHeaderBeenAdded, dirNames, output);
@@ -77,19 +76,6 @@ void FileSystemAccess::parseChildDirElements(QFileInfo fileInfo, std::string spa
     }
 }
 
-bool FileSystemAccess::isApprovedPath(std::string path) {
-    bool approvedMatch = false;
-    path.erase(0, path.find_first_not_of(" "));
-
-    for (const std::string& p : _approvedPaths) {
-        if (path.substr(0, p.length()).compare(p) == 0) {
-            approvedMatch = true;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return approvedMatch;
-}
-
 void FileSystemAccess::parseChildFile(std::string filename, bool& hasDirHeaderBeenAdded,
                                       std::vector<std::string>& dirNames,
                                       std::vector<std::string>& output)
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/profile/assettreemodel.cpp b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/profile/assettreemodel.cpp
index 53521995f6..e588b103bd 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/profile/assettreemodel.cpp
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/src/profile/assettreemodel.cpp
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ void AssetTreeModel::importModelData(const std::string& assetBasePath,
     const std::string& userAssetBasePath) {
     FileSystemAccess assets(
         ".asset",
-        // @TODO (abock, 2021-03-24) We need some better solution for this;  what is the
-        // problem of just including all subfolders instead?
-        { "scene", "global", "customization", "dashboard", "examples", "util" },
         true,
         true
     );