diff --git a/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py b/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py
index 4a162f3d..128a4e1d 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import urllib3
 import difflib
-import requests
-import json
+
 
 from changedetectionio import content_fetcher, html_tools
 
@@ -59,19 +58,6 @@ class perform_site_check():
 
         # Tweak the base config with the per-watch ones
         request_headers = self.datastore.data['settings']['headers'].copy()
-
-        if self.datastore.data['watching'][uuid].get('external_header_server') is not None and self.datastore.data['watching'][uuid].get('external_header_server') != "" and self.datastore.data['watching'][uuid].get('external_header_server') != "None":
-            try:
-                resp = requests.get(self.datastore.data['watching'][uuid].get('external_header_server'))
-                if resp.status_code != 200:
-                    raise Exception("External header server returned non-200 response. Please check the URL for the server")
-            
-                data = json.loads(resp.text.strip())
-                request_headers.update(resp.json())
-
-            except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
-                raise Exception("Failed to decode JSON response from external header server")
-            
         request_headers.update(extra_headers)
 
         # https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/4525
diff --git a/changedetectionio/forms.py b/changedetectionio/forms.py
index a277a73f..84d164d6 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/forms.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/forms.py
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ class watchForm(commonSettingsForm):
     title = StringField('Title', default='')
 
     ignore_text = StringListField('Ignore text', [ValidateListRegex()])
-    external_header_server = fields.URLField('External Header Server', validators=[validators.Optional(), validateURL()])
     headers = StringDictKeyValue('Request headers')
     body = TextAreaField('Request body', [validators.Optional()])
     method = SelectField('Request method', choices=valid_method, default=default_method)
diff --git a/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py b/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
index 4988786b..53cc9e73 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class model(dict):
             'previous_md5': False,
             'uuid': str(uuid.uuid4()),
             'headers': {},  # Extra headers to send
-            'external_header_server': None,  # URL to a server that will return headers
             'body': None,
             'method': 'GET',
             #'history': {},  # Dict of timestamp and output stripped filename
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html b/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
index 1cca5ef0..fd3758d9 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
@@ -120,12 +120,6 @@
                     <div class="pure-control-group" id="request-method">
                         {{ render_field(form.method) }}
                     </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group" id="external-header-server">
-                        {{ render_field(form.external_header_server, placeholder="http://example.com/watch1") }}
-                        <div class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                            The watch will perform a GET request before each check to this URL and will use the headers in addition to the ones listed below and in global settings. <a href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Run-JavaScript-before-change-detection">More help and examples here</a>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group" id="request-headers">
 {{ render_field(form.headers, rows=5, placeholder="Example
 Cookie: foobar
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py
index 38f89721..f8d1437e 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_basic_auth(client, live_server):
     # Check form validation
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter": "", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter": "", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_css_selector.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_css_selector.py
index d7d0a1af..ab234ddb 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_css_selector.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_css_selector.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def test_check_markup_css_filter_restriction(client, live_server):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter": css_filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter": css_filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorestatuscode.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorestatuscode.py
index 15aa1d78..aeafcdaa 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorestatuscode.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorestatuscode.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def test_403_page_check_works_with_ignore_status_code(client, live_server):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"ignore_status_codes": "y", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"ignore_status_codes": "y", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_share_watch.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_share_watch.py
index 5f7eff36..620bda03 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_share_watch.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_share_watch.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_share_watch(client, live_server):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter": css_filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter": css_filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_xpath_selector.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_xpath_selector.py
index 9be957d6..4e417a74 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_xpath_selector.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_xpath_selector.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_check_xpath_filter_utf8(client, live_server):
     time.sleep(1)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter": filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter": filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def test_check_xpath_text_function_utf8(client, live_server):
     time.sleep(1)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter": filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter": filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def test_check_markup_xpath_filter_restriction(client, live_server):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter": xpath_filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter": xpath_filter, "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def test_xpath_validation(client, live_server):
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter": "/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter": "/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"is not a valid XPath expression" in res.data
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def test_check_with_prefix_css_filter(client, live_server):
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"css_filter":  "xpath://*[contains(@class, 'sametext')]", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", "external_header_server": "",'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"css_filter":  "xpath://*[contains(@class, 'sametext')]", "url": test_url, "tag": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )