diff --git a/lib/modules/storage/index.js b/lib/modules/storage/index.js
index 24d91be3e..d4bf90699 100644
--- a/lib/modules/storage/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/storage/index.js
@@ -26,23 +26,13 @@ class Storage {
     });
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Adds the code to call setProviders in embarkjs after embark is ready
-   * 
-   * @returns {void}
-   */
   addSetProviders() {
     const self = this;
-    // filter list of dapp connections based on available_providers set in config
-    let hasSwarm = _.contains(this.storageConfig.available_providers, 'swarm'); // don't need to eval this in every loop iteration
-    // contains valid dapp storage providers
-    this._validDappProviders = _.filter(this.storageConfig.dappConnection, (conn) => {
-      return _.contains(self.storageConfig.available_providers, conn.provider) || (conn === '$BZZ' && hasSwarm);
-    });
 
-    let code = `\nEmbarkJS.Storage.setProviders(${JSON.stringify(this._validDappProviders)});`;
+    let code = `\nEmbarkJS.Storage.setProviders(${JSON.stringify(this.storageConfig.dappConnection)});`;
+
     let shouldInit = (storageConfig) => {
-      return (this._validDappProviders !== undefined && this._validDappProviders.length > 0 && storageConfig.enabled === true);
+      return storageConfig.enabled;
     };
 
     this.embark.addProviderInit('storage', code, shouldInit);