diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API.pm
index 891a4b7e57..24fc67197d 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API.pm
@@ -137,11 +137,13 @@ sub request {
     );
 
     my $req_p = $self->client->do_request( request => $request );
-    $req_p = $req_p->catch( sub {
 
-        # retry once
-        $self->client->do_request( request => $request );
-    } );
+    # Do not retry - if the API is loaded/slow then this just makes it worse.
+    # $req_p = $req_p->catch( sub {
+
+    #     # retry once
+    #     $self->client->do_request( request => $request );
+    # } );
     $req_p->transform(
         done => sub {
             my $response = shift;
diff --git a/t/controller/feed.t b/t/controller/feed.t
index d4717ab3cf..580ded89b5 100644
--- a/t/controller/feed.t
+++ b/t/controller/feed.t
@@ -198,23 +198,24 @@ subtest 'get correct author release data format' => sub {
     is( $entry->[0]->{author}, 'OALDERS', 'get correct author name' );
 };
 
+## We are not doing retries as if API is loaded we do not want to retry
 # do this last so the override_api_response only affects this
-my $how_many = 0;
-override_api_response(
-    if => sub { !$how_many++ },    # fail only once
-    sub { Future->fail('Error'); },
-);
-test_psgi app, sub {
-    my $cb = shift;
-    subtest 'retry on transient failure' => sub {
-        ok( my $res = $cb->( GET '/recent.rss' ) );
-        is( $res->code, 200, 'code 200' );
-        is(
-            $res->header('content-type'),
-            'application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8',
-            'Content-type is application/rss+xml'
-        );
-    };
-};
+# my $how_many = 0;
+# override_api_response(
+#     if => sub { !$how_many++ },    # fail only once
+#     sub { Future->fail('Error'); },
+# );
+# test_psgi app, sub {
+#     my $cb = shift;
+#     subtest 'retry on transient failure' => sub {
+#         ok( my $res = $cb->( GET '/recent.rss' ) );
+#         is( $res->code, 200, 'code 200' );
+#         is(
+#             $res->header('content-type'),
+#             'application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8',
+#             'Content-type is application/rss+xml'
+#         );
+#     };
+# };
 
 done_testing;