diff --git a/serverless.yml b/serverless.yml
index d7b9f98..b7f0402 100644
--- a/serverless.yml
+++ b/serverless.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ provider:
   environment:
     GIT_REV: ${git:branch}:${git:sha1}
     STAGE: ${self:provider.stage}
-    AUTHORIZER_API: ${ssm:/dataplatform/shared/api-gateway-url}/simple-dataset-authorizer
     ENABLE_AUTH: true
     KEYCLOAK_SERVER: ${ssm:/dataplatform/shared/keycloak-server-url}
     KEYCLOAK_REALM: api-catalog
diff --git a/status/common.py b/status/common.py
index c4930ea..de011de 100644
--- a/status/common.py
+++ b/status/common.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-import os
-
 import simplejson
 
-AUTHORIZER_API = os.environ["AUTHORIZER_API"]
-
 
 def http_response(code, body):
     return {"statusCode": code, "body": body}
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 918c9f6..161bc25 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ setenv =
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = mock
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = mock
     AWS_XRAY_SDK_ENABLED = false
-    AUTHORIZER_API = "https://example.com"
     ENABLE_AUTH = true
     KEYCLOAK_SERVER=https://example.org
     KEYCLOAK_REALM=mock