diff --git a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfig.scala b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfig.scala
index 91811556..444fcb3d 100644
--- a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfig.scala
+++ b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfig.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ class AppConfig @Inject() (servicesConfig: ServicesConfig, config: Configuration
 
   val apiSupportedVersions: util.List[String] = config.underlying.getStringList("api.supported-versions")
 
-  val apiType: String = servicesConfig.getString("api.access.type")
+  val apiType: String = servicesConfig.getString("api.access")
 
 }
diff --git a/conf/application.conf b/conf/application.conf
index 63de74e4..d2eab739 100644
--- a/conf/application.conf
+++ b/conf/application.conf
@@ -102,13 +102,10 @@ auditing {
   enabled = true
 }
 
-api.access {
-    type = PRIVATE
-}
-
 # API Platform
 api {
   supported-versions = [1.0, 2.0]
+  access = PRIVATE
 }
 
 microservice {
diff --git a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/action/AcceptHeaderFilterSpec.scala b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/action/AcceptHeaderFilterSpec.scala
index 42d516a7..929bd037 100644
--- a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/action/AcceptHeaderFilterSpec.scala
+++ b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/action/AcceptHeaderFilterSpec.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class AcceptHeaderFilterSpec extends BaseSpec {
 
   val config = Configuration.apply(
     "api.supported-versions"                                                 -> List("1.0"),
-    "api.access.type"                                                        -> "some config string",
+    "api.access"                                                             -> "some config string",
     "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.host"                  -> "localhost",
     "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.port"                  -> 9434,
     "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships-frontend.external-url" -> "blah"
diff --git a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfigSpec.scala b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfigSpec.scala
index 47bfda64..0474a552 100644
--- a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/config/AppConfigSpec.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class AppConfigSpec extends UnitSpec {
     "read service URLs and API settings from configuration" in {
       val configuration = Configuration(
         "api.supported-versions"                                                 -> List("1.0", "2.0"),
-        "api.access.type"                                                        -> "PRIVATE",
+        "api.access"                                                        -> "PRIVATE",
         "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.host"                  -> "localhost",
         "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.port"                  -> 9434,
         "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships-frontend.external-url" -> "http://localhost:9435"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class AppConfigSpec extends UnitSpec {
     "fail clearly when agent-client-relationships-frontend.external-url is missing" in {
       val configuration = Configuration(
         "api.supported-versions"                                -> List("1.0"),
-        "api.access.type"                                       -> "PRIVATE",
+        "api.access"                                       -> "PRIVATE",
         "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.host" -> "localhost",
         "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.port" -> 9434
       )
diff --git a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/services/DeleteRelationshipServiceSpec.scala b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/services/DeleteRelationshipServiceSpec.scala
index 1d7b6799..b91b9aa0 100644
--- a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/services/DeleteRelationshipServiceSpec.scala
+++ b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/agentauthorisation/services/DeleteRelationshipServiceSpec.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class DeleteRelationshipServiceSpec extends BaseSpec with MockFactory {
 
   private val config = Configuration.apply(
     "api.supported-versions"                                                 -> List("1.0"),
-    "api.access.type"                                                        -> "PRIVATE",
+    "api.access"                                                        -> "PRIVATE",
     "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.host"                  -> "localhost",
     "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships.port"                  -> 9434,
     "microservice.services.agent-client-relationships-frontend.external-url" -> "http://localhost"