diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/auth/ldap/provider/XnatLdapAuthenticationProviderValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/auth/ldap/provider/XnatLdapAuthenticationProviderValidator.java
index 67d7bae..c0b5f65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/auth/ldap/provider/XnatLdapAuthenticationProviderValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/auth/ldap/provider/XnatLdapAuthenticationProviderValidator.java
@@ -53,13 +53,8 @@ public String validate(final Properties properties) {
         final String  bindingSearchBase        = atoms.length > 1 ? atoms[1] : "";
         final String  bindingUsername          = atoms[0];
 
-        println("Validating the binding user account '{}' with search base '{}'", bindingUsername, bindingSearchBase);
-        final boolean bindingUserAuthenticated = bindAndAuthenticate(contextSource, bindingSearchBase, "(${bindingUsername})", bindingUsername, bindingPassword);
-
-        if (bindingUserAuthenticated) {
-            println("Binding user '{}' authenticated successfully, validating the user account '{}'", bindingUsername, username);
-            bindAndAuthenticate(contextSource, searchBase, searchFilter, username, password);
-        }
+        println("Binding account {}, user account {}", bindingUsername, username);
+        bindAndAuthenticate(contextSource, searchBase, searchFilter, username, password);
 
         final String message = _buffer.getBuffer().toString();
         log.info(message);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/ValidateLdap.groovy b/src/main/resources/ValidateLdap.groovy
index 7a54d82..5ba7870 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/ValidateLdap.groovy
+++ b/src/main/resources/ValidateLdap.groovy
@@ -51,13 +51,9 @@ final String[] atoms = userDn.split ",", 2
 def bindingUsername = atoms[0]
 def bindingSearchBase = atoms.size() > 1 ? (atoms[1]) : ""
 
-println "Validating the binding user account '${bindingUsername}' with search base '${bindingSearchBase}'"
-def bindingUserAuthenticated = BindAndAuthenticate(contextSource, bindingSearchBase, "(${bindingUsername})", bindingUsername, bindingPassword)
+println "Binding account '${bindingUsername}', user account '${username}"
+BindAndAuthenticate(contextSource, searchBase, searchFilter, username, password)
 
-if (bindingUserAuthenticated) {
-    println "Binding user '${bindingUsername}' authenticated successfully, validating the user account '${username}'"
-    BindAndAuthenticate(contextSource, searchBase, searchFilter, username, password)
-}
 
 private boolean BindAndAuthenticate(DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource contextSource, String searchBase, String searchFilter, username, String password) {
     println "Creating user search object with search base '${searchBase}' and filter '${searchFilter}"
@@ -82,3 +78,4 @@ private boolean BindAndAuthenticate(DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource contextSo
         false
     }
 }
+