diff --git a/common/src/java/com/zimbra/common/util/Constants.java b/common/src/java/com/zimbra/common/util/Constants.java
index 56bc74cda85..cd3cfebbfae 100644
--- a/common/src/java/com/zimbra/common/util/Constants.java
+++ b/common/src/java/com/zimbra/common/util/Constants.java
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ public class Constants {
     public static final String BEARER= "Bearer";
     public static final String JWT_SALT_SEPARATOR = "|";
 
+    public static final String PRIMARY_EMAIL = "email";
 }
diff --git a/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/account/MockProvisioning.java b/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/account/MockProvisioning.java
index 750308fef6b..54ed1ca0793 100644
--- a/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/account/MockProvisioning.java
+++ b/store/src/java-test/com/zimbra/cs/account/MockProvisioning.java
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ public String sendMdmEmail(String status, String timeInterval) throws ServiceExc
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void checkIsAliasToBeHidden(NamedEntry entry, List<String> email) throws ServiceException {
+    public void excludePrivateAliases(NamedEntry entry, List<String> email) throws ServiceException {
         //Not yet implemenmted
     }
 }
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/Provisioning.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/Provisioning.java
index b262bdef4eb..476f27e0428 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/Provisioning.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/Provisioning.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import com.zimbra.common.service.ServiceException;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.ExceptionToString;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.L10nUtil;
-import com.zimbra.common.util.Pair;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.StringUtil;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.ZimbraLog;
 import com.zimbra.cs.account.accesscontrol.Right;
@@ -2796,6 +2795,6 @@ public String createAddressList(Domain domain, String name, String desc, Map<Str
     
     public abstract String sendMdmEmail(String status, String timeInterval) throws ServiceException;
 
-    public abstract void checkIsAliasToBeHidden(NamedEntry entry, List<String> email) throws ServiceException;
+    public abstract void excludePrivateAliases(NamedEntry entry, List<String> email) throws ServiceException;
 
 }
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/ldap/LdapProvisioning.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/ldap/LdapProvisioning.java
index cb20ce6c0a9..f792bef4832 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/ldap/LdapProvisioning.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/ldap/LdapProvisioning.java
@@ -11729,25 +11729,25 @@ public String sendMdmEmail(String status, String timeInterval) throws ServiceExc
 
 
     @Override
-    public void checkIsAliasToBeHidden(NamedEntry entry, List<String> aliases) throws ServiceException {
-        ZimbraLog.mailbox.debug("checkIsAliasToBeHidden %s ", aliases);
+    public void excludePrivateAliases(NamedEntry entry, List<String> aliases) throws ServiceException {
 
-        LdapUsage ldapUsage = LdapUsage.ADD_ALIAS_ACCOUNT;
+        LdapUsage ldapUsage = LdapUsage.GAL_SEARCH;
 
         ZLdapContext zlc = LdapClient.getContext(LdapServerType.MASTER, ldapUsage);
 
-        for (String alias : new ArrayList<String>(aliases)) {
+        for (String alias : new ArrayList<>(aliases)) {
+
             if (null != alias) {
                 String parts[] = alias.split("@");
                 String aliasName = parts[0];
                 String aliasDomain = parts[1];
 
-                ZimbraLog.mailbox.debug("checkIsAliasToBeHidden2 %s ", alias);
-
-                String targetDomainName = ((Account)    entry).getDomainName();
+                String targetDomainName = ((Account) entry).getDomainName();
 
                 String aliasDn = mDIT.aliasDN(((LdapEntry) entry).getDN(), targetDomainName, aliasName, aliasDomain);
 
+                ZimbraLog.mailbox.info("excludePrivateAliases alias - %s , aliasname - %s ,aliasDomain %s ,Target Domain - %s , aliasDn -%s ", alias, aliasName, aliasDomain, targetDomainName, aliasDn);
+
                 ZAttributes attrs = helper.getAttributes(zlc, aliasDn);
 
                 Alias aliasEntryLocal = makeAlias(aliasDn, attrs);
@@ -11763,7 +11763,6 @@ public void checkIsAliasToBeHidden(NamedEntry entry, List<String> aliases) throw
                         aliasEntryLocal.getAttr(Provisioning.A_zimbraHideAliasInGal), isSame);
             }
         }
-
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/soap/SoapProvisioning.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/soap/SoapProvisioning.java
index a1bc882c625..ec8ca4d635d 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/soap/SoapProvisioning.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/account/soap/SoapProvisioning.java
@@ -3313,7 +3313,8 @@ public String sendMdmEmail(String status, String timeInterval) throws ServiceExc
         return L10nUtil.getMessage(L10nUtil.MsgKey.sendMDMNotificationEmailSuccess);
     }
 
-    @Override public void checkIsAliasToBeHidden(NamedEntry entry, List<String> email) throws ServiceException {
-
+    @Override
+    public void excludePrivateAliases(NamedEntry entry, List<String> email) throws ServiceException {
+        //not yet implemented
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/ContactAutoComplete.java b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/ContactAutoComplete.java
index bfc063d6f70..c09df982462 100644
--- a/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/ContactAutoComplete.java
+++ b/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/mailbox/ContactAutoComplete.java
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
 import com.zimbra.common.soap.Element;
 import com.zimbra.common.soap.MailConstants;
 import com.zimbra.common.soap.SoapProtocol;
+import com.zimbra.common.util.Constants;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.Pair;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.StringUtil;
 import com.zimbra.common.util.ZimbraLog;
 import com.zimbra.cs.account.Account;
 import com.zimbra.cs.account.GalContact;
 import com.zimbra.cs.account.Provisioning;
-import com.zimbra.cs.account.ldap.LdapProvisioning;
 import com.zimbra.cs.gal.GalGroup;
 import com.zimbra.cs.gal.GalGroupInfoProvider;
 import com.zimbra.cs.gal.GalSearchControl;
@@ -712,9 +712,9 @@ public void addMatchedContacts(String query, Map<String, ? extends Object> attrs
 
             List<String> allowedEmailsList = new ArrayList<>();
             for(String emailKey: mEmailKeys) {
-                if (!emailKey.equals("email")) {
+                if (!emailKey.equals(Constants.PRIMARY_EMAIL)) {
+                    //check if all aliases of an account need to be bypassed
                     if (account.isHideAliasesInGal()) {
-                        //condition for allowing primary email address only
                         break;
                     }
                 }
@@ -722,15 +722,10 @@ public void addMatchedContacts(String query, Map<String, ? extends Object> attrs
             }
             ZimbraLog.mailbox.info("allowed list 1 is %s", allowedEmailsList);
 
-            try {
-                Provisioning.getInstance().checkIsAliasToBeHidden(account, allowedEmailsList.subList( 1, allowedEmailsList.size()));
-            } catch (ServiceException e) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(e);
-            }
+            Provisioning.getInstance().excludePrivateAliases(account, allowedEmailsList.subList( 1, allowedEmailsList.size()));
 
             ZimbraLog.mailbox.info("allowed list 2 is %s", allowedEmailsList);
 
-
             for (String email : allowedEmailsList) {
                 if (email != null && (nameMatches || matchesEmail(tokens, email))) {
                     ContactEntry entry = new ContactEntry();