diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3108923..2e6c663 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ gem 'base64', '~> 0.1.0'
 gem 'dicebag', git: 'https://github.com/Humblemonk/Dice-Bag.git', branch: 'pre-3.3'
 gem 'discordrb', github: 'shardlab/discordrb', branch: 'main'
 gem 'dotenv', '~> 2.5'
-gem 'rest-client', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.2'
 gem 'rubocop', require: false
 gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.3', '>= 1.3.11'
diff --git a/dice_maiden.rb b/dice_maiden.rb
index e5f485c..6296060 100755
--- a/dice_maiden.rb
+++ b/dice_maiden.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Dice bot for Discord
 # Author: Humblemonk
-# Version: 8.7.0
+# Version: 8.7.1
 # Copyright (c) 2017. All rights reserved.
 # !/usr/bin/ruby
 # If you wish to run a single instance of this bot, please follow the "Manual Install" section of the readme!
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
   $db.busy_timeout = (10_000)
 end
 
-require 'rest-client' if @shard == 0
-
 mutex = Mutex.new
 
 if @shard == 0
@@ -206,11 +204,5 @@
       # Bot died and cant connect to Discord. Kill the bot and have eye restart it
       exit!
     end
-    # Limit HTTP POST to shard 0. We do not need every shard hitting the discordbots API
-    next unless @shard == 0
-
-    servers = $db.execute 'select sum(server_count) from shard_stats;'
-    RestClient.post('https://top.gg/api/bots/377701707943116800/stats',
-                    { "shard_count": @total_shards, "server_count": servers.join.to_i }, 'Authorization': ENV['API'], 'Content-Type': :json)
   end
 end
diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a3b9a8..dc043bf 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 8.7.1 - 2024-03-28
+### Added
+- Removed rest client API functionality
+
 ## 8.7.0 - 2024-03-25
 ### Added
 - Refactored Gemfile