diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index c136fbe75..b7ace299a 100755
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
                 g.log.warning("%s is trying to submit url=None (title: %r)"
                               % (request.ip, title))
             elif check_domain:
-
-                banmsg = is_banned_domain(url, request.ip)
+                banmsg = is_banned_domain(url)
         else:
             form.has_errors('text', errors.TOO_LONG)