diff --git a/src/lib/api/index.ts b/src/lib/api/index.ts
index e484aeb54b..522202d34e 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/index.ts
@@ -177,16 +177,11 @@ export async function post(
   }
 
   try {
-    await pdsClient.call(
-      com.atproto.repo.applyWrites,
-      {
-        repo: did,
-        writes: writes,
-        validate: true,
-      },
-      // service: null strips the appview proxy header - this must hit the account host (PDS)
-      {service: null},
-    )
+    await pdsClient.call(com.atproto.repo.applyWrites, {
+      repo: did,
+      writes: writes,
+      validate: true,
+    })
   } catch (err) {
     const e = err as Error
     logger.error(`Failed to create post`, {
diff --git a/src/lib/media/video/upload.shared.ts b/src/lib/media/video/upload.shared.ts
index 8193822236..0e7542a6cb 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/video/upload.shared.ts
+++ b/src/lib/media/video/upload.shared.ts
@@ -40,16 +40,11 @@ export async function getServiceAuthToken({
     }
     resolvedAud = pdsAud
   }
-  const {token} = await client.call(
-    com.atproto.server.getServiceAuth,
-    {
-      aud: resolvedAud,
-      lxm,
-      exp,
-    },
-    // service: null strips the appview proxy header - this must hit the account host (PDS)
-    {service: null},
-  )
+  const {token} = await client.call(com.atproto.server.getServiceAuth, {
+    aud: resolvedAud,
+    lxm,
+    exp,
+  })
   return token
 }
 
diff --git a/src/screens/Onboarding/util.ts b/src/screens/Onboarding/util.ts
index df9248ace0..e026a99894 100644
--- a/src/screens/Onboarding/util.ts
+++ b/src/screens/Onboarding/util.ts
@@ -37,15 +37,10 @@ export async function bulkWriteFollows(
 
   const chunks = chunk(followWrites, 50)
   for (const chunk of chunks) {
-    await pdsClient.call(
-      com.atproto.repo.applyWrites,
-      {
-        repo: did,
-        writes: chunk,
-      },
-      // service: null strips the appview proxy header - this must hit the account host (PDS)
-      {service: null},
-    )
+    await pdsClient.call(com.atproto.repo.applyWrites, {
+      repo: did,
+      writes: chunk,
+    })
   }
   await whenFollowsIndexed(appviewClient, did, res => !!res.follows.length)