diff --git a/proxy/server.py b/proxy/server.py
index d1edb20..018ea08 100755
--- a/proxy/server.py
+++ b/proxy/server.py
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@
 import pypowerwall
 from pypowerwall import parse_version
 
-
-def normalize_caseless(text: str) -> str:
-    return unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", text.casefold())
-
-def caseless_equal(left: str, right: str) -> bool:
-    return normalize_caseless(left) == normalize_caseless(right)
-
 BUILD: Final[str] = "t67"
 UTF_8: Final[str] = "utf-8"
 
@@ -904,12 +897,11 @@ def check_for_environmental_pw_configs() -> List[str]:
     """
     suffixes_to_check = {"", "1"}
     actual_configs = []
-    
-    environment = [normalize_caseless(key) for key in os.environ]
+
+    environment = [key.lower() for key in os.environ]
     while suffixes_to_check:
         current_suffix = suffixes_to_check.pop()
         test_suffix = f"_{current_suffix}" if current_suffix.isnumeric() else current_suffix
-        #if any( in (normalize_caseless(key) ) ):
         if any(f"{config.value}{test_suffix}" in environment for config in CONFIG_TYPE):
             actual_configs.append(test_suffix)    
         elif current_suffix.isnumeric() and int(current_suffix) > 1: