diff --git a/utils/api.js b/utils/api.js
index d782cf63..a8e5695b 100644
--- a/utils/api.js
+++ b/utils/api.js
@@ -63,34 +63,29 @@ const fn = (cb, options = {}) => {
     }) :
     async (query) => logRuntime(() => addGeneratedTime(cb(query)), name, query, silenceParamsLog);
 
-  const apiCall = async (req, res) => {
-    // Async ping the new api for load testing
-    fetch(`https://d12bgb69hxhn2g.cloudfront.net${req.url}`);
-
-    return (
-      Promise.resolve(callback(req.query))
-        .then((data) => {
-          if (maxAgeSec !== null) res.setHeader('Cache-Control', `max-age=0, s-maxage=${maxAgeSec}, stale-while-revalidate`);
-          res.status(200).json(
-            returnFlatData ?
-              data :
-              formatJsonSuccess(data)
+  const apiCall = async (req, res) => (
+    Promise.resolve(callback(req.query))
+      .then((data) => {
+        if (maxAgeSec !== null) res.setHeader('Cache-Control', `max-age=0, s-maxage=${maxAgeSec}, stale-while-revalidate`);
+        res.status(200).json(
+          returnFlatData ?
+            data :
+            formatJsonSuccess(data)
+        );
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        if (IS_DEV) {
+          throw err;
+        } else {
+          const code = (
+            (err instanceof ParamError) ? 200 :
+              (err instanceof NotFoundError) ? 404 :
+                500
           );
-        })
-        .catch((err) => {
-          if (IS_DEV) {
-            throw err;
-          } else {
-            const code = (
-              (err instanceof ParamError) ? 200 :
-                (err instanceof NotFoundError) ? 404 :
-                  500
-            );
-            res.status(code).json(formatJsonError(err));
-          }
-        })
-    );
-  };
+          res.status(code).json(formatJsonError(err));
+        }
+      })
+  );
 
   apiCall.straightCall = callback;