diff --git a/waiverdb/api_v1.py b/waiverdb/api_v1.py
index 2568b0a8..4b63fac3 100644
--- a/waiverdb/api_v1.py
+++ b/waiverdb/api_v1.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def get(self):
 
         :statuscode 200: The HTML with the form is returned.
         """
-        warning = request.args.get("error") or _authorization_warning(request)
+        warning = _authorization_warning(request)
         html = render_template(
             'new_waiver.html',
             warning=warning,