diff --git a/api/api.inc.php b/api/api.inc.php
index 48836382022d6b8ddec422e0afc46ee074930567..5167dc496b4231264777fd93dd71886eb55a7875 100644
--- a/api/api.inc.php
+++ b/api/api.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*********************************************************************
     api.inc.php
 
-    File included on every API page...handles security and abuse issues
+    File included on every API page...handles common includes.
 
     Peter Rotich <peter@osticket.com>
     Copyright (c)  2006-2012 osTicket
@@ -13,74 +13,9 @@
 
     vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:
 **********************************************************************/
-//postfix exit codes see /usr/include/sysexits.h 
-define('EX_DATAERR', 65);       /* data format error */
-define('EX_NOINPUT', 66);       /* cannot open input */
-define('EX_UNAVAILABLE', 69);   /* service unavailable */
-define('EX_IOERR', 74);         /* input/output error */
-define('EX_TEMPFAIL',75);       /* temp failure; user is invited to retry */
-define('EX_NOPERM',  77);       /* permission denied */
-define('EX_CONFIG',  78);       /* configuration error */
-
-define('EX_SUCCESS',0);         /* success baby */
-
-if(!file_exists('../main.inc.php')) exit(EX_CONFIG);
+file_exists('../main.inc.php') or die('System Error');
 require_once('../main.inc.php');
-if(!defined('INCLUDE_DIR')) exit(EX_CONFIG);
-
 require_once(INCLUDE_DIR.'class.http.php');
 require_once(INCLUDE_DIR.'class.api.php');
 
-define('OSTAPIINC',TRUE); // Define tag that included files can check
-
-$remotehost=(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) || isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))?TRUE:FALSE;
-/* API exit helper */
-function api_exit($code,$msg='') {
-    global $remotehost, $ost;
-    
-    if($code!=EX_SUCCESS) {
-        //Error occured...
-        $_SESSION['api']['errors']+=1;
-        $_SESSION['api']['time']=time();
-        $ost->logWarning("API error - code #$code", $msg, ($_SESSION['api']['errors']>10));
-        //echo "API Error:.$msg";
-    }
-    if($remotehost){
-        switch($code) {
-        case EX_SUCCESS:
-            Http::response(200,$code,'text/plain');
-            break;
-        case EX_UNAVAILABLE:
-            Http::response(405,$code,'text/plain');
-            break;
-        case EX_NOPERM:
-            Http::response(403,$code,'text/plain');
-            break;
-        case EX_DATAERR:
-        case EX_NOINPUT:
-        default:
-            Http::response(416,$code,'text/plain');
-        }
-    }
-    exit($code);
-}
-
-//Remote hosts need authorization.
-$apikey = null;
-if($remotehost) {
-    //Upto 10 consecutive errors allowed...before a 2 minute timeout.
-    //One more error during timeout and timeout starts a new clock
-    if($_SESSION['api']['errors']>10 && (time()-$_SESSION['api']['time'])<=2*60)  // timeout!
-        api_exit(EX_NOPERM, 'Remote host ['.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].'] in timeout - error #'.$_SESSION['api']['errors']);
-        
-    if(!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_API_KEY']) || !isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
-        api_exit(EX_NOPERM, 'API key required');
-    elseif(!($apikey=API::lookupByKey($_SERVER['HTTP_X_API_KEY'], $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
-                || !$apikey->isActive()
-                || $apikey->getIPAddr()!=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])
-        api_exit(EX_NOPERM, 'API key not found/active or source IP not authorized');
-    
-    //At this point we know the remote host/IP is allowed.
-    $_SESSION['api']['errors']=0; //clear errors for the session.
-}
 ?>
diff --git a/api/http.php b/api/http.php
index 646df6798fb8a6f0cdfcc4425114f6dfff71ee91..3d0c99ad368bf5ca79cd4040d1a2d46961eba10d 100644
--- a/api/http.php
+++ b/api/http.php
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 /*********************************************************************
-    api.php
+    http.php
 
-    Controller for the osTicket API
+    HTTP controller for the osTicket API
 
     Jared Hancock
     Copyright (c)  2006-2012 osTicket
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 
     vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:
 **********************************************************************/
-
-chdir('..');
-include "main.inc.php";
+require 'api.inc.php';
 
 # Include the main api urls
 require_once INCLUDE_DIR."class.dispatcher.php";