diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 6ca8ddf9..5b10936b 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ These are not yet ordered. There might be duplicates. We might not actually need
   - i think this was done, but am not positive.
 - [x] if private txs are disabled, only send trasactions to some of our servers. we were DOSing ourselves with transactions and slowing down sync
 - [x] retry if we get "the method X is not available"
+- [x] remove weight. we don't use it anymore. tiers are what we use now
 - [-] let users choose a % of reverts to log (or maybe x/second). someone like curve logging all reverts will be a BIG database very quickly
   - this must be opt-in and spawned in the background since it will slow things down and will make their calls less private
   - [ ] automatic pruning of old revert logs once too many are collected
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs
index 6b283ae7..a4e83a76 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connection.rs
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ impl Serialize for Web3Connection {
         S: Serializer,
     {
         // 3 is the number of fields in the struct.
-        let mut state = serializer.serialize_struct("Web3Connection", 9)?;
+        let mut state = serializer.serialize_struct("Web3Connection", 8)?;
 
         // the url is excluded because it likely includes private information. just show the name that we use in keys
         state.serialize_field("name", &self.name)?;
@@ -1137,10 +1137,6 @@ impl Serialize for Web3Connection {
 
         state.serialize_field("tier", &self.tier)?;
 
-        let faked_weight = 100u64.saturating_sub(self.tier) as f64 / 100.0;
-
-        state.serialize_field("weight", &faked_weight)?;
-
         state.serialize_field("soft_limit", &self.soft_limit)?;
 
         state.serialize_field(
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs
index a6cd18a9..fbd75b3f 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs
@@ -512,11 +512,11 @@ impl Web3Connections {
             if minimum < 0.0 {
                 available_request_map = available_request_map
                     .into_iter()
-                    .map(|(rpc, weight)| {
+                    .map(|(rpc, available_requests)| {
                         // TODO: is simple addition the right way to shift everyone?
                         // TODO: probably want something non-linear
-                        // minimum is negative, so we subtract
-                        let x = weight - minimum;
+                        // minimum is negative, so we subtract to make available requests bigger
+                        let x = available_requests - minimum;
 
                         (rpc, x)
                     })
@@ -530,12 +530,11 @@ impl Web3Connections {
                 } else {
                     let mut rng = thread_fast_rng::thread_fast_rng();
 
-                    // TODO: sort or weight the non-archive nodes to be first
                     usable_rpcs
                         .choose_multiple_weighted(&mut rng, usable_rpcs.len(), |rpc| {
                             *available_request_map
                                 .get(rpc)
-                                .expect("rpc should always be in the weight map")
+                                .expect("rpc should always be in available_request_map")
                         })
                         .unwrap()
                         .collect::<Vec<_>>()