diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilter.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilter.java
index c21b0d1230..9b06e15c5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilter.java
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ public class SecurityRestFilter {
     private static final String HEALTH_SUFFIX = "health";
     private static final String WHO_AM_I_SUFFIX = "whoami";
 
-    private static final String ON_BEHALF_OF_SUFFIX = "onbehalfof";
-
     private static final String REGEX_PATH_PREFIX = "/(" + LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_PREFIX + "|" + PLUGINS_PREFIX + ")/" + "(.*)";
     private static final Pattern PATTERN_PATH_PREFIX = Pattern.compile(REGEX_PATH_PREFIX);
 
@@ -260,17 +258,6 @@ private boolean checkAndAuthenticateRequest(RestRequest request, RestChannel cha
                 );
             }
         }
-
-        if (HTTPHelper.containsOBOToken(request)) {
-            if (request.method() == Method.POST && ON_BEHALF_OF_SUFFIX.equals(suffix)) {
-                final OpenSearchException exception = ExceptionUtils.invalidUsageOfOBOTokenException();
-                log.error(exception.toString());
-                auditLog.logBadHeaders(request);
-                channel.sendResponse(new BytesRestResponse(channel, RestStatus.FORBIDDEN, exception));
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/OnBehalfOfAuthenticator.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/OnBehalfOfAuthenticator.java
index c789dca6ab..e055c0a754 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/OnBehalfOfAuthenticator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/OnBehalfOfAuthenticator.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
+import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.OpenSearchSecurityException;
 import org.opensearch.SpecialPermission;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -36,11 +38,19 @@
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest;
 import org.opensearch.security.auth.HTTPAuthenticator;
 import org.opensearch.security.authtoken.jwt.EncryptionDecryptionUtil;
+import org.opensearch.security.ssl.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.opensearch.security.user.AuthCredentials;
 import org.opensearch.security.util.keyUtil;
 
+import static org.opensearch.security.OpenSearchSecurityPlugin.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_PREFIX;
+import static org.opensearch.security.OpenSearchSecurityPlugin.PLUGINS_PREFIX;
+
 public class OnBehalfOfAuthenticator implements HTTPAuthenticator {
 
+    private static final String REGEX_PATH_PREFIX = "/(" + LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_PREFIX + "|" + PLUGINS_PREFIX + ")/" + "(.*)";
+    private static final Pattern PATTERN_PATH_PREFIX = Pattern.compile(REGEX_PATH_PREFIX);
+    private static final String ON_BEHALF_OF_SUFFIX = "onbehalfof";
+
     protected final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(this.getClass());
 
     private static final Pattern BEARER = Pattern.compile("^\\s*Bearer\\s.*", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
@@ -194,6 +204,14 @@ private AuthCredentials extractCredentials0(final RestRequest request) {
 
             final AuthCredentials ac = new AuthCredentials(subject, roles, backendRoles).markComplete();
 
+            Matcher matcher = PATTERN_PATH_PREFIX.matcher(request.path());
+            final String suffix = matcher.matches() ? matcher.group(2) : null;
+            if (request.method() == RestRequest.Method.POST && ON_BEHALF_OF_SUFFIX.equals(suffix)) {
+                final OpenSearchException exception = ExceptionUtils.invalidUsageOfOBOTokenException();
+                log.error(exception.toString());
+                return null;
+            }
+
             for (Entry<String, Object> claim : claims.entrySet()) {
                 ac.addAttribute("attr.jwt." + claim.getKey(), String.valueOf(claim.getValue()));
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/support/HTTPHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/support/HTTPHelper.java
index b18bad83e6..c3b191f770 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/support/HTTPHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/support/HTTPHelper.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import io.jsonwebtoken.Claims;
-import io.jsonwebtoken.Jws;
-import io.jsonwebtoken.Jwts;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest;
@@ -103,40 +100,4 @@ public static boolean containsBadHeader(final RestRequest request) {
 
         return false;
     }
-
-    public static boolean containsOBOToken(final RestRequest request) {
-        final Map<String, List<String>> headers;
-
-        if (request != null && (headers = request.getHeaders()) != null) {
-            List<String> authHeaders = headers.get("Authorization");
-            if (authHeaders != null && !authHeaders.isEmpty()) {
-                // Iterate through the list of 'Authorization' headers, checking each for the 'Bearer' prefix.
-                for (String authHeader : authHeaders) {
-                    if (authHeader != null && authHeader.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
-                        // Header found, extract the token to verify it's an OBO token.
-                        String token = authHeader.substring("Bearer ".length());
-                        if (isOBOToken(token)) {
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean isOBOToken(String token) {
-        String tokenIdentifierClaimKey = "typ";
-        String tokenIdentifier = "obo";
-
-        Jws<Claims> claimsJws = Jwts.parserBuilder().build().parseClaimsJws(token);
-        Claims claims = claimsJws.getBody();
-
-        if (claims.containsKey(tokenIdentifierClaimKey) && tokenIdentifier.equals(claims.get(tokenIdentifierClaimKey))) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
 }