diff --git a/app/src/components/homePageMainContent/homePageMainContent.tsx b/app/src/components/homePageMainContent/homePageMainContent.tsx
index e2eedb39..10497385 100644
--- a/app/src/components/homePageMainContent/homePageMainContent.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/homePageMainContent/homePageMainContent.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import FeaturedContentComponent from "../featuredContent/featuredContent";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-// import { DC_URL } from "@/src/config/constants";
 import { Lane as DCLane } from "../lane/lane";
 import LaneDataType from "@/src/types/Lane";
 import LaneLoading from "../lane/laneLoading";
diff --git a/app/src/components/pages/divisionsPage/divisionsPage.tsx b/app/src/components/pages/divisionsPage/divisionsPage.tsx
index 494c6be0..b18cb2f6 100644
--- a/app/src/components/pages/divisionsPage/divisionsPage.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/pages/divisionsPage/divisionsPage.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 } from "@nypl/design-system-react-components";
 import PageLayout from "../../pageLayout/pageLayout";
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { DC_URL } from "@/src/config/constants";
 import { Lane as DCLane } from "../../lane/lane";
 import LaneLoading from "../../lane/laneLoading";
 import LaneDataType from "@/src/types/Lane";
diff --git a/app/src/utils/api.ts b/app/src/utils/api.ts
index 3d91eb7d..458e9226 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/app/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { imageURL, addCommas } from "../utils/utils";
 import appConfig from "../../../appConfig";
 import defaultFeaturedItems from "../data/defaultFeaturedItemData";
 import { CARDS_PER_PAGE } from "../config/constants";
-import { DC_URL } from "../config/constants";
 
 export const getHomePageData = async () => {
   const randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 2);
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ export const getFeaturedItemData = async () => {
     ),
     uuid: featuredImageData.uuid,
     title: featuredImageData.title,
-    href: `${DC_URL}/items/${featuredImageData.uuid}`,
+    href: `/items/${featuredImageData.uuid}`,
   };
   const newResponse = {
     featuredItem: featuredItemObject,
diff --git a/next.config.js b/next.config.js
index 5ae65bd4..97d343c3 100644
--- a/next.config.js
+++ b/next.config.js
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ const nextConfig = {
   },
   reactStrictMode: false,
   env: {
-    // DC_URL: process.env.DC_URL,
-    // IIIF_URL: process.env.IIIF_URL,
     ADOBE_EMBED_URL: process.env.ADOBE_EMBED_URL,
     APP_ENV: process.env.APP_ENV,
     NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY: process.env.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY,
diff --git a/public/CHANGELOG.md b/public/CHANGELOG.md
index 94e5b174..fc005e49 100644
--- a/public/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/public/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+
+## Removed
+- removed unneccessary variables post reverse proxy launch
+
+## [0.2.3] 2024-11-21
+
+### Updated
+
+- Update timeout on API request to 14 seconds
+
 ## [0.2.2] 2024-11-20
 
 ### Updated
@@ -44,16 +54,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - merged into 0.1.19
 
-## [0.1.19] 2024-11-18
-
-## Updated
-
-- Updated collection card urls to use uuid
-- Moved `/divisions` and `/divisions/[slug]` from behind middleware, now accessible
-- Updated item card urls to use uuid
-- Updated collection card urls to use legacy url
-- Updated prod ECS cluster name to `new-digitalcollections-prod`
-
 ## [0.1.17] 2024-11-14
 
 ### Updated