diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index e10205b..863f173 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -80,17 +80,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         warcproxes = self._service_registry.available_services('warcprox')
         if not warcproxes:
             return None
-        reql = self._frontier.rr.table('sites').between(
-                ['ACTIVE', r.minval], ['ACTIVE', r.maxval],
-                index='sites_last_disclaimed')
-        active_sites = list(reql.run())
-        for warcprox in warcproxes:
-            address = '%s:%s' % (warcprox['host'], warcprox['port'])
-            warcprox['assigned_sites'] = len([
-                site for site in active_sites
-                if 'proxy' in site and site['proxy'] == address])
-        warcproxes.sort(key=lambda warcprox: (
-            warcprox['assigned_sites'], warcprox['load']))
+        warcproxes.sort(key=lambda warcprox: (warcprox['load']))
         # XXX make this heuristic more advanced?
         return warcproxes[0]