Marriott announced Friday that it would no longer block Wi-Fi signals at its hotels “for any reason.” The company further stated that it was withdrawing as a party to a petition with the FCC on “Wi-Fi security measures,” after the FCC made its opposition clear.

“Our intent was to protect personal data in Wi-Fi hotspots for large conferences,” said Bruce Hoffmeister, Marriott CIO, in a statement. “We thought we were doing the right thing asking the FCC to provide guidance, but the FCC has indicated its opposition.”

Marriott filed its petition last year, along with two other parties who have also withdrawn. The petition requested that the hotel chain be allowed to “monitor and mitigate threats” to its network, including interfering with guests’ Wi-Fi enabled devices. Many observers, the FCC among them, interpreted the petition as a request to block guests’ Wi-Fi hotspots in order to force them to pay for the hotel’s wireless service.

The plot thickened this past October when the FCC slammed Marriott with a $600,000 fine for engaging in this very behavior. Although Marriott paid the fine, the company insisted that it was only blocking customer’s Wi-Fi in order to secure its own Wi-Fi network, Ars Technica reports.

But the killing blow to Marriott’s petition came earlier this week when both FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel indicated their disapproval. Speaking at the State of Net conference, Rosenworcel said she would like to see the petition quickly dismissed, according to The Verge. Wheeler echoed her comments later that day, stating that Marriott’s goals in the petition ran counter to “basic principles” of the Communications Act.