Transparency International PNG says it is also happy the government has dropped plans for a ten fold increase in the charge for people standing in June's election.
But it said it was annoyed the government even considered it.
The government had planned for legislation, increasing the fee to PNGK$10,000 [$US,3,050] from PNGK$1,000, to go before MPs this week.
It was the only item on the bill for the final session before the House rose on Tuesday for the election, but had been removed by the leader of House Business, James Marape, at the weekend.
Transparency's Lawrence Stephens said there was a sense that it may have been a distraction from other things.
"Because it is so blatantly wrong to try to charge nomination fees like this - 10,000 kina - it is a ridiculous, punitive amount of money and it shouldn't have even been considered," he said.
