diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/api.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/api.js
index 033d2d67b..65aa61ba7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/api.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/api.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
-import ready from './ready';
 import LinkHeader from 'http-link-header';
 
 export const getLinks = response => {
@@ -12,17 +11,10 @@ export const getLinks = response => {
   return LinkHeader.parse(value);
 };
 
-let csrfHeader = {};
-function setCSRFHeader() {
-  const csrfToken = document.querySelector('meta[name=csrf-token]').content;
-  csrfHeader['X-CSRF-Token'] = csrfToken;
-}
-ready(setCSRFHeader);
-
 export default getState => axios.create({
-  headers: Object.assign(csrfHeader, getState ? {
+  headers: getState ? {
     'Authorization': `Bearer ${getState().getIn(['meta', 'access_token'], '')}`,
-  } : {}),
+  } : {},
 
   transformResponse: [function (data) {
     try {