diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status_action_bar.js b/app/soapbox/components/status_action_bar.js
index 39d09d91b..807c8f3cf 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status_action_bar.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status_action_bar.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 import React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ class StatusActionBar extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
     if (publicStatus) {
       menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.copy), action: this.handleCopy });
-      menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.embed), action: this.handleEmbed });
+      // menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.embed), action: this.handleEmbed });
     }
 
     if (!me) {
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/action_bar.js b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/action_bar.js
index a06349c0d..c5db0cab5 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/action_bar.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/action_bar.js
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class ActionBar extends React.PureComponent {
 
     if (publicStatus) {
       menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.copy), action: this.handleCopy });
-      menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.embed), action: this.handleEmbed });
+      // menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.embed), action: this.handleEmbed });
       menu.push(null);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/embed_modal.js b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/embed_modal.js
index cfb83f347..86b79e2f3 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/embed_modal.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/embed_modal.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { FormattedMessage, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
-import api from '../../../api';
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 export default @injectIntl
 class EmbedModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class EmbedModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
     this.setState({ loading: true });
 
-    api().post('/api/web/embed', { url }).then(res => {
+    axios.post('/api/web/embed', { url }).then(res => {
       this.setState({ loading: false, oembed: res.data });
 
       const iframeDocument = this.iframe.contentWindow.document;