diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/AutoCorrection.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/AutoCorrection.java
index a663374..0481668 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/AutoCorrection.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/AutoCorrection.java
@@ -75,17 +75,10 @@
         return maxFreq;
     }
 
-    // Returns true if this is a whitelist entry, or it isn't in any dictionary.
-    public static boolean isWhitelistedOrNotAWord(
+    // Returns true if this isn't in any dictionary.
+    public static boolean isNotAWord(
             final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Dictionary> dictionaries,
             final CharSequence word, final boolean ignoreCase) {
-        final WhitelistDictionary whitelistDictionary =
-                (WhitelistDictionary)dictionaries.get(Dictionary.TYPE_WHITELIST);
-        // If "word" is in the whitelist dictionary, it should not be auto corrected.
-        if (whitelistDictionary != null
-                && whitelistDictionary.shouldForciblyAutoCorrectFrom(word)) {
-            return true;
-        }
         return !isValidWord(dictionaries, word, ignoreCase);
     }
 
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
index a65d36a..ce27ef4 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
@@ -208,14 +208,6 @@
                     wordComposerForLookup, prevWordForBigram, proximityInfo));
         }
 
-        // TODO: Change this scheme - a boolean is not enough. A whitelisted word may be "valid"
-        // but still autocorrected from - in the case the whitelist only capitalizes the word.
-        // The whitelist should be case-insensitive, so it's not possible to be consistent with
-        // a boolean flag. Right now this is handled with a slight hack in
-        // WhitelistDictionary#shouldForciblyAutoCorrectFrom.
-        final boolean allowsToBeAutoCorrected = AutoCorrection.isWhitelistedOrNotAWord(
-                mDictionaries, consideredWord, wordComposer.isFirstCharCapitalized());
-
         final CharSequence whitelistedWord =
                 mWhiteListDictionary.getWhitelistedWord(consideredWord);
         if (whitelistedWord != null) {
@@ -225,6 +217,16 @@
                     Dictionary.TYPE_WHITELIST));
         }
 
+        // TODO: Change this scheme - a boolean is not enough. A whitelisted word may be "valid"
+        // but still autocorrected from - in the case the whitelist only capitalizes the word.
+        // The whitelist should be case-insensitive, so it's not possible to be consistent with
+        // a boolean flag. Right now this is handled with a slight hack in
+        // WhitelistDictionary#shouldForciblyAutoCorrectFrom.
+        final boolean allowsToBeAutoCorrected = (null != whitelistedWord
+                && !whitelistedWord.equals(consideredWord))
+                || AutoCorrection.isNotAWord(mDictionaries, consideredWord,
+                        wordComposer.isFirstCharCapitalized());
+
         final boolean hasAutoCorrection;
         // TODO: using isCorrectionEnabled here is not very good. It's probably useless, because
         // any attempt to do auto-correction is already shielded with a test for this flag; at the