diff --git a/fever_api.rb b/fever_api.rb
index dd249109c..e3b764a73 100644
--- a/fever_api.rb
+++ b/fever_api.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def authenticated?(api_key)
     build_response(params)
   end
 
-  def build_response(params, is_json = true)
+  def build_response(params)
     response = {}
     response[:api_version] = 3
     response[:auth] = 1