diff --git a/files/helpers/actions.py b/files/helpers/actions.py
index 3454a2598..3ce245e80 100644
--- a/files/helpers/actions.py
+++ b/files/helpers/actions.py
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ from files.routes.routehelpers import check_for_alts
 
 def _archiveorg(url):
 	try:
-		requests.post('https://ghostarchive.org/archive2', data={"archive": url}, headers=HEADERS, timeout=10, proxies=proxies)
+		requests.post('https://ghostarchive.org/archive2', data={"archive": url}, headers=HEADERS, timeout=10)
 	except: pass
 	try:
-		requests.get(f'https://web.archive.org/save/{url}', headers=HEADERS, timeout=10, proxies=proxies)
+		requests.get(f'https://web.archive.org/save/{url}', headers=HEADERS, timeout=10)
 	except: pass
 
 
diff --git a/files/helpers/offsitementions.py b/files/helpers/offsitementions.py
index 42f477a05..a6ca65f1d 100644
--- a/files/helpers/offsitementions.py
+++ b/files/helpers/offsitementions.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def get_mentions(cache, queries, reddit_notifs_users=False):
 	for kind in ('submission', 'comment'):
 		q = " or ".join(queries)
 		url = f'https://api.pullpush.io/reddit/search/{kind}?q={q}'
-		try: req = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=5, proxies=proxies)
+		try: req = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=5)
 		except: return []
 		data = req.json()['data']