diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/APIMgtGatewayConstants.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/APIMgtGatewayConstants.java
index d0dccfbdd613..176f2b925614 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/APIMgtGatewayConstants.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/APIMgtGatewayConstants.java
@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ public class APIMgtGatewayConstants {
     public static final String VALIDATED_X509_CERT = "ValidatedX509Cert";
     public static final String RESOURCE_SPAN = "API:Resource";
 
-    public static final String GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_SECURE_HASHING = "googleAnalyticsSecureHashingEnabled";
-
     /**
      * Web-sub related properties
      */
diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/analytics/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsTrackingHandler.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/analytics/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsTrackingHandler.java
index aad82e5998c6..4674b28129d0 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/analytics/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsTrackingHandler.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/handlers/analytics/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsTrackingHandler.java
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ public class APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsTrackingHandler extends AbstractHandler {
 
     protected GoogleAnalyticsConfig config = null;
 
-    private static final String googleAnalyticsSecureHashingEnabled = System.getProperty(APIMgtGatewayConstants
-            .GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_SECURE_HASHING);
-
     @MethodStats
     @Override
     public boolean handleRequest(MessageContext msgCtx) {
@@ -349,11 +346,7 @@ private static String getVisitorId(String account, String userAgent, MessageCont
             message = ANONYMOUS_USER_ID;
         }
 
-        String hashingAlgorithm = "MD5";
-        if (JavaUtils.isTrueExplicitly(googleAnalyticsSecureHashingEnabled)) {
-            hashingAlgorithm = "SHA-256";
-        }
-        MessageDigest m = MessageDigest.getInstance(hashingAlgorithm);
+        MessageDigest m = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
         m.update(message.getBytes("UTF-8"), 0, message.length());
         byte[] sum = m.digest();
         BigInteger messageAsNumber = new BigInteger(1, sum);
diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/utils/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsUtils.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/utils/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsUtils.java
index 7bde3dd53dee..a8f7c216c000 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/utils/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsUtils.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/utils/APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsUtils.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ public class APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsUtils {
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(APIMgtGoogleAnalyticsUtils.class);
     private static final String ANONYMOUS_USER_ID = "anonymous";
     private static final String GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_TRACKER_VERSION = "1";
-    private static final String googleAnalyticsSecureHashingEnabled = System.getProperty(APIMgtGatewayConstants
-            .GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_SECURE_HASHING);
     private String configKey = null;
     private GoogleAnalyticsConfig gaConfig = null;
 
@@ -136,11 +134,7 @@ private String getVisitorId(String authHeader) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException,
             message = ANONYMOUS_USER_ID;
         }
 
-        String hashingAlgorithm = "MD5";
-        if (JavaUtils.isTrueExplicitly(googleAnalyticsSecureHashingEnabled)) {
-            hashingAlgorithm = "SHA-256";
-        }
-        MessageDigest m = MessageDigest.getInstance(hashingAlgorithm);
+        MessageDigest m = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
         m.update(message.getBytes("UTF-8"), 0, message.length());
         byte[] sum = m.digest();
         BigInteger messageAsNumber = new BigInteger(1, sum);