diff --git a/bbot/modules/subdomaincenter.py b/bbot/modules/subdomaincenter.py
index 077ccf1a6c..614be03ef8 100644
--- a/bbot/modules/subdomaincenter.py
+++ b/bbot/modules/subdomaincenter.py
@@ -12,25 +12,10 @@ class subdomaincenter(subdomain_enum):
     }
 
     base_url = "https://api.subdomain.center"
-    retries = 2
-
-    async def sleep(self, time_to_wait):
-        self.info(f"Sleeping for {time_to_wait} seconds to avoid rate limit")
-        await self.helpers.sleep(time_to_wait)
 
     async def request_url(self, query):
         url = f"{self.base_url}/?domain={self.helpers.quote(query)}"
-        response = None
-        status_code = 0
-        for i, _ in enumerate(range(self.retries + 1)):
-            if i > 0:
-                self.verbose(f"Retry #{i} for {query} after response code {status_code}")
-            response = await self.helpers.request(url, timeout=self.http_timeout + 30)
-            status_code = getattr(response, "status_code", 0)
-            if status_code == 429:
-                await self.sleep(20)
-            else:
-                break
+        response = await self.api_request(url)
         return response
 
     async def parse_results(self, r, query):