diff --git a/api/server.py b/api/server.py
index a35e02e49..d7acf93ce 100644
--- a/api/server.py
+++ b/api/server.py
@@ -120,14 +120,6 @@ def search_people():
 def catch_all_get(path):
     API_URL = BASE_API_URL + '/' + path
     params = dict(request.args)
-    try:
-        if ("page" in params and len(params["page"]) > 0 and
-            int(params["page"][0]) >= 300):
-            return make_response(
-                jsonify({'error':
-                         "no crawling the user list that high right now, sorry!"}), 403)
-    except:
-        pass
     return forwarded_get(API_URL, params = params)
 
 @app.route('/<path:path>', methods=['POST'])