diff --git a/client/src/components/Donation/components/DonateForm.js b/client/src/components/Donation/components/DonateForm.js
index 47d6ed7f78..b0eeeade59 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Donation/components/DonateForm.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Donation/components/DonateForm.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class DonateForm extends Component {
     }));
 
     const chargeStripePath = isSignedIn ?
-      '/internal/donate/charge-stripe' :
+      `${apiLocation}/internal/donate/charge-stripe` :
       `${apiLocation}/unauthenticated/donate/charge-stripe`;
     return postJSON$(chargeStripePath, {
       token,
diff --git a/client/src/utils/ajax.js b/client/src/utils/ajax.js
index 5d522cc5f3..4743eadd27 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/ajax.js
+++ b/client/src/utils/ajax.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
-import qs from 'query-string';
 
-const base = '/internal';
+import { apiLocation } from '../../config/env.json';
+
+const base = `${apiLocation}/internal`;
 
 function get(path) {
   return axios.get(`${base}${path}`);
@@ -42,29 +43,11 @@ export function getUsernameExists(username) {
 }
 
 export function getArticleById(shortId) {
-  return get(
-    `/n/${shortId}`
-  );
-}
-
-export function getFeaturedList(skip = 0) {
-  return get(
-    `/api/articles?${qs.stringify({
-      filter: JSON.stringify({
-        where: { featured: true, published: true },
-        order: 'firstPublishedDate DESC',
-        limit: 10,
-        skip
-      })
-    })}`
-  );
+  return get(`/n/${shortId}`);
 }
 
 /** POST **/
 
-export function postPopularityEvent(event) {
-  return post('/p', event);
-}
 
 export function postReportUser(body) {
   return post('/user/report-user', body);