diff --git a/packages/fetch-api/src/normalize/gif.ts b/packages/fetch-api/src/normalize/gif.ts
index 2c4ba5d1..920d25ba 100644
--- a/packages/fetch-api/src/normalize/gif.ts
+++ b/packages/fetch-api/src/normalize/gif.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IGif, PingbackEventType } from '@giphy/js-types'
+import { IGif } from '@giphy/js-types'
 import { GifResult, GifsResult } from '../result-types'
 
 /**
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type Tag = { text: string }
 // tags sometimes are objects that have a text prop, sometimes they're strings
 const getTag = (tag: Tag | string) => (typeof tag === 'string' ? (tag as string) : (tag as Tag).text)
 
-const normalize = (gif: any, responseId: string = '', pingbackType: PingbackEventType = '') => {
+const normalize = (gif: any, responseId: string = '') => {
     const newGif: IGif = { ...gif }
     newGif.id = String(newGif.id)
     newGif.tags = (newGif.tags || []).map(getTag)
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@ const normalize = (gif: any, responseId: string = '', pingbackType: PingbackEven
     }
     if (responseId) {
         newGif.response_id = responseId
-        // @ts-ignore
-        newGif.pingbackType = pingbackType
     }
     newGif.response_id = responseId
-    newGif.pingback_event_type = pingbackType
     BOOL_PROPS.forEach(makeBool(newGif))
     Object.keys(newGif.images || {}).forEach((name: string) => {
         const img = newGif.images[name]
@@ -62,17 +59,17 @@ const normalize = (gif: any, responseId: string = '', pingbackType: PingbackEven
 /**
  * @hidden
  */
-export const normalizeGif = (result: GifResult, pingbackType?: PingbackEventType) => {
+export const normalizeGif = (result: GifResult) => {
     const { response_id } = result.meta
-    result.data = normalize(result.data, response_id, pingbackType)
+    result.data = normalize(result.data, response_id)
     return result
 }
 
 /**
  * @hidden
  */
-export const normalizeGifs = (result: GifsResult, pingbackType?: PingbackEventType) => {
+export const normalizeGifs = (result: GifsResult) => {
     const { response_id } = result.meta
-    result.data = result.data.map((gif) => normalize(gif, response_id, pingbackType))
+    result.data = result.data.map((gif) => normalize(gif, response_id))
     return result
 }