diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
index c6662e32..bad47709 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
@@ -159,11 +159,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Misc
     return error_json(400, "Missing URL to resolve") if !url
 
     begin
-      head_response = HTTP::Client.head url.as(String)
-      if head_response.headers["location"]?
-        url = head_response.headers["location"]
-      end
-
       resolved_url = YoutubeAPI.resolve_url(url.as(String))
       endpoint = resolved_url["endpoint"]
       pageType = endpoint.dig?("commandMetadata", "webCommandMetadata", "webPageType").try &.as_s || ""