diff --git a/backend/openapi/components/responses/internal/error-participant-token-still-valid.yaml b/backend/openapi/components/responses/internal/error-participant-token-still-valid.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 20f17dc..0000000
--- a/backend/openapi/components/responses/internal/error-participant-token-still-valid.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-description: Conflict — Current token is still valid
-content:
-    application/json:
-        schema:
-            $ref: '../../schemas/error.yaml'
-        example:
-            error: Participant Error
-            message: 'Participant token is still valid'
diff --git a/backend/openapi/paths/internal/participants.yaml b/backend/openapi/paths/internal/participants.yaml
index a1c42b4..8932a45 100644
--- a/backend/openapi/paths/internal/participants.yaml
+++ b/backend/openapi/paths/internal/participants.yaml
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
                 $ref: '../../components/responses/forbidden-error.yaml'
             '404':
                 $ref: '../../components/responses/internal/error-room-participant-not-found.yaml'
-            '409':
-                $ref: '../../components/responses/internal/error-participant-token-still-valid.yaml'
             '422':
                 $ref: '../../components/responses/validation-error.yaml'
             '500':
diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts b/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts
index 2daa2cc..f0b01a3 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/participant.controller.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import INTERNAL_CONFIG from '../config/internal-config.js';
 import {
 	errorInvalidParticipantToken,
 	errorParticipantTokenNotPresent,
-	errorParticipantTokenStillValid,
 	handleError,
 	rejectRequestFromMeetError
 } from '../models/error.model.js';
@@ -57,29 +56,17 @@ export const generateParticipantToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 export const refreshParticipantToken = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	const logger = container.get(LoggerService);
 
-	// Check if there is a previous token and if it is expired
+	// Check if there is a previous token
 	const previousToken = req.cookies[INTERNAL_CONFIG.PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_COOKIE_NAME];
 
-	// If there is no previous token, we cannot refresh it
 	if (!previousToken) {
 		logger.verbose('No previous participant token found. Cannot refresh.');
 		const error = errorParticipantTokenNotPresent();
 		return rejectRequestFromMeetError(res, error);
 	}
 
-	const tokenService = container.get(TokenService);
-
-	// If the previous token is still valid, we do not need to refresh it
-	try {
-		await tokenService.verifyToken(previousToken);
-		logger.verbose('Previous participant token is valid. No need to refresh');
-		const error = errorParticipantTokenStillValid();
-		return rejectRequestFromMeetError(res, error);
-	} catch (error) {
-		// Previous token is expired, we can proceed to refresh it
-	}
-
 	// Extract roles from the previous token
+	const tokenService = container.get(TokenService);
 	const participantService = container.get(ParticipantService);
 	let currentRoles: { role: ParticipantRole; permissions: OpenViduMeetPermissions }[] = [];
 
diff --git a/backend/src/models/error.model.ts b/backend/src/models/error.model.ts
index f740192..d1f3fe4 100644
--- a/backend/src/models/error.model.ts
+++ b/backend/src/models/error.model.ts
@@ -230,10 +230,6 @@ export const errorParticipantAlreadyExists = (participantIdentity: string, roomI
 	);
 };
 
-export const errorParticipantTokenStillValid = (): OpenViduMeetError => {
-	return new OpenViduMeetError('Participant Error', 'Participant token is still valid', 409);
-};
-
 export const errorParticipantTokenNotPresent = (): OpenViduMeetError => {
 	return new OpenViduMeetError('Participant', 'No participant token provided', 400);
 };
diff --git a/backend/tests/integration/api/participants/refresh-token.test.ts b/backend/tests/integration/api/participants/refresh-token.test.ts
index 160826c..d5f54d4 100644
--- a/backend/tests/integration/api/participants/refresh-token.test.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/integration/api/participants/refresh-token.test.ts
@@ -119,20 +119,6 @@ describe('Participant API Tests', () => {
 			);
 			expect(response.status).toBe(404);
 		});
-
-		it('should fail with 409 when participant token is still valid', async () => {
-			const newRoomData = await setupSingleRoom(true);
-			const response = await refreshParticipantToken(
-				{
-					roomId: newRoomData.room.roomId,
-					secret: newRoomData.moderatorSecret,
-					participantName
-				},
-				newRoomData.moderatorCookie
-			);
-			expect(response.status).toBe(409);
-			expect(response.body.message).toBe('Participant token is still valid');
-		});
 	});
 
 	describe('Refresh Participant Token Validation Tests', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/interceptors/http.interceptor.ts b/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/interceptors/http.interceptor.ts
index f26bc68..fc56acd 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/interceptors/http.interceptor.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/interceptors/http.interceptor.ts
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ export const httpInterceptor: HttpInterceptorFn = (req: HttpRequest<unknown>, ne
 			}),
 			catchError((error: HttpErrorResponse) => {
 				if (error.url?.includes('/token/refresh')) {
-					if (error.status === 409) {
-						console.log('Participant token is still valid');
-						// This means that the unauthorized error was due to an expired access token
-						// Refresh the access token and try again
-						return refreshAccessToken(firstError);
-					}
-
 					console.error('Error refreshing participant token');
 					throw firstError;
 				}
diff --git a/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/services/participant.service.ts b/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/services/participant.service.ts
index c68f8cb..e541888 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/services/participant.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/shared-meet-components/src/lib/services/participant.service.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ export class ParticipantService {
 				livekit: decodedToken.video,
 				openvidu: openviduPermissions
 			};
-			console.warn('PARTICIPANT PERMISSIONS', this.permissions);
 
 			// Update feature configuration
 			this.featureConfService.setParticipantRole(this.role);