diff --git a/src/chaos-monkey.coffee b/src/chaos-monkey.coffee
index 2d31f8986..0c55c5384 100644
--- a/src/chaos-monkey.coffee
+++ b/src/chaos-monkey.coffee
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ class ChaosMonkey
     errorCode ?= 500
     numMonkeys ?= "all the monkeys"
     makeTimeout ?= false
-    nGet = nock(NylasAPI.LocalSyncRoot)
-    nPut = nock(NylasAPI.LocalSyncRoot)
-    nPost = nock(NylasAPI.LocalSyncRoot)
+    nGet = nock(NylasAPI.APIRoot)
+    nPut = nock(NylasAPI.APIRoot)
+    nPost = nock(NylasAPI.APIRoot)
 
     numTimes = 1
     if numMonkeys.toLowerCase() is "all the monkeys"
diff --git a/src/flux/nylas-api-request.es6 b/src/flux/nylas-api-request.es6
index aab084b06..862e39e0f 100644
--- a/src/flux/nylas-api-request.es6
+++ b/src/flux/nylas-api-request.es6
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import NylasAPI from './nylas-api'
 export default class NylasAPIRequest {
   constructor(api, options) {
     const defaults = {
-      url: `${options.APIRoot || options.LocalSyncRoot || api.APIRoot || api.LocalSyncRoot}${options.path}`,
+      url: `${options.APIRoot || api.APIRoot}${options.path}`,
       method: 'GET',
       json: true,
       timeout: 15000,
diff --git a/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee b/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee
index 8122559c1..39026c18d 100644
--- a/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class NylasAPI
 
   constructor: ->
     @_lockTracker = new NylasAPIChangeLockTracker()
-    @LocalSyncRoot = 'http://localhost:2578'
+    @APIRoot = "http://localhost:2578"
 
   # Delegates to node's request object.
   # On success, it will call the passed in success callback with options.
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ class NylasAPI
       return Promise.resolve()
 
     NylasAPIRequest ?= require('./nylas-api-request').default
-    options.APIRoot = @LocalSyncRoot
-
     req = new NylasAPIRequest(@, options)
 
     success = (body) =>
diff --git a/src/flux/nylas-long-connection.es6 b/src/flux/nylas-long-connection.es6
index a7f6ef3d7..e62bd69ac 100644
--- a/src/flux/nylas-long-connection.es6
+++ b/src/flux/nylas-long-connection.es6
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ class NylasLongConnection {
       throw new Error(`Can't establish NylasLongConnection: No account token available for account ${this._accountId}`)
     }
 
-    const options = url.parse(`${this._api.LocalSyncRoot}${this._path}`)
+    const options = url.parse(`${this._api.APIRoot}${this._path}`)
     options.auth = `${accountToken}:${identityToken}`
 
     let lib;
-    if (this._api.LocalSyncRoot.indexOf('https') === -1) {
+    if (this._api.APIRoot.indexOf('https') === -1) {
       lib = require('http')
     } else {
       lib = require('https')