diff --git a/pages/dashboards/[[...location]].js b/pages/dashboards/[[...location]].js
index 573783f4e1..f9fa9cd0ee 100644
--- a/pages/dashboards/[[...location]].js
+++ b/pages/dashboards/[[...location]].js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const getServerSideProps = async ({ params, query, req }) => {
   }
 
   let countryData = await getCategorisedCountries(true);
-  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications({});
+  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications();
 
   if (!type || type === 'global') {
     // get global data
diff --git a/pages/grants-and-fellowships/[section].js b/pages/grants-and-fellowships/[section].js
index 4be08a625c..1acd668243 100644
--- a/pages/grants-and-fellowships/[section].js
+++ b/pages/grants-and-fellowships/[section].js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const getServerSideProps = async ({ query }) => {
     };
   }
 
-  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications({});
+  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications();
 
   if (query?.section === 'projects') {
     const pageTexts = await getSGFPage();
diff --git a/pages/index.js b/pages/index.js
index 759ce3004f..152912b3de 100644
--- a/pages/index.js
+++ b/pages/index.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const HomePage = (props) => (
 
 export const getStaticProps = async () => {
   const newsArticles = await getNewsArticles();
-  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications({});
+  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications();
 
   return {
     props: {
diff --git a/pages/map/[[...location]].js b/pages/map/[[...location]].js
index 6daf9f1869..367b2590aa 100644
--- a/pages/map/[[...location]].js
+++ b/pages/map/[[...location]].js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const ALLOWED_TYPES = ['global', 'country', 'wdpa', 'use', 'geostore', 'aoi'];
 export const getServerSideProps = async ({ req, params }) => {
   const [type] = params?.location || [];
   let userToken = null;
-  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications({});
+  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications();
 
   try {
     userToken = parse(req.headers.cookie)['gfw-token'];
diff --git a/pages/my-gfw.js b/pages/my-gfw.js
index d48012ca74..3bb50a2481 100644
--- a/pages/my-gfw.js
+++ b/pages/my-gfw.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const MyGfwPage = (props) => (
 );
 
 export const getStaticProps = async () => {
-  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications({});
+  const notifications = await getPublishedNotifications();
 
   return {
     props: {
diff --git a/services/__tests__/notifications.spec.js b/services/__tests__/notifications.spec.js
index 6633b19485..4d4877b228 100644
--- a/services/__tests__/notifications.spec.js
+++ b/services/__tests__/notifications.spec.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { NOTIFICATIONS_RESPONSE } from '../../fixtures/notifications';
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
 jest.mock('axios');
 
-describe.skip('getPublishedNotifications', () => {
+describe('getPublishedNotifications', () => {
   describe('when API call is successful', () => {
     it('should return a list of notifications', async () => {
       const response = NOTIFICATIONS_RESPONSE;
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ describe.skip('getPublishedNotifications', () => {
 
       axios.get.mockResolvedValueOnce(response);
 
-      const result = await getPublishedNotifications({});
+      const result = await getPublishedNotifications();
 
+      expect(axios.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WORDPRESS_URL}/wp/v2/notice?per_page=100&page=1&orderby=date&order=desc`
+      );
       expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult);
     });
   });
@@ -46,8 +49,11 @@ describe.skip('getPublishedNotifications', () => {
 
       axios.get.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error(message));
 
-      const result = await getPublishedNotifications({});
+      const result = await getPublishedNotifications();
 
+      expect(axios.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WORDPRESS_URL}/wp/v2/notice?per_page=100&page=1&orderby=date&order=desc`
+      );
       expect(result).toBe(null);
     });
   });
diff --git a/services/notifications.js b/services/notifications.js
index 2e15c86488..e5c74da356 100644
--- a/services/notifications.js
+++ b/services/notifications.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import apiFetch from '@wordpress/api-fetch';
 import axios from 'axios';
 
 const mapResponseToNotification = ({
@@ -20,28 +19,11 @@ const mapResponseToNotification = ({
   };
 };
 
-apiFetch.setFetchHandler(async (options) => {
-  const headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' };
-  const { url, path, data, method, params } = options;
-
-  return axios({
-    headers,
-    url: url || path,
-    method,
-    data,
-    params,
-  });
-});
-
-export const getPublishedNotifications = async ({ cancelToken }) => {
+export const getPublishedNotifications = async () => {
   try {
-    const notificationsData = await apiFetch({
-      url: `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WORDPRESS_URL}/wp/v2/notice?per_page=100&page=1&orderby=date&order=desc`,
-      params: {
-        _embed: true,
-      },
-      cancelToken,
-    });
+    const notificationsData = await axios.get(
+      `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WORDPRESS_URL}/wp/v2/notice?per_page=100&page=1&orderby=date&order=desc`
+    );
 
     return notificationsData?.data.map((item) =>
       mapResponseToNotification(item)