diff --git a/api/app/settings/common.py b/api/app/settings/common.py
index 1fb5b27d2565..0d08d783d9a8 100644
--- a/api/app/settings/common.py
+++ b/api/app/settings/common.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import dj_database_url
 import pytz
-import requests
 from corsheaders.defaults import default_headers
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key
@@ -67,15 +66,6 @@
 
 INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
 
-# In order to run a load balanced solution, we need to whitelist the internal ip
-try:
-    internal_ip = requests.get("http://instance-data/latest/meta-data/local-ipv4").text
-except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-    pass
-else:
-    ALLOWED_HOSTS.append(internal_ip)
-del requests
-
 if sys.version[0] == "2":
     reload(sys)
     sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")