diff --git a/site/package.json b/site/package.json
index 686e12f3..02fbfd0a 100644
--- a/site/package.json
+++ b/site/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
     "devtest"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/core": "^7.13.10",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.13.10",
+    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.12.13",
+    "@babel/register": "^7.13.8",
     "async": "^1.0.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.6.4",
     "classnames": "^2.1.3",
@@ -42,10 +46,6 @@
     "superagent": "^3.8.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "^7.13.10",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.13.10",
-    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.12.13",
-    "@babel/register": "^7.13.8",
     "babel-eslint": "^10.0.0",
     "babel-loader": "^8.2.2",
     "chai": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/site/secrets.js b/site/secrets.js
index ba87ac72..8599b0a1 100644
--- a/site/secrets.js
+++ b/site/secrets.js
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 /**
- * This is a sample file for your Github client id and client secret
- * This is needed to collect the doc's from the fluxible repo.
- * You can generate the client/secret pair here: https://github.com/settings/applications/new
+ * This is a sample file for using your Github access token to collect
+ * the doc's from the fluxible repo.
  *
- * Alternatively, you can pass in an oauth access token to work around the rate limiting
- * restrictions of the client id / secret pair
- *
- * GitHub Auth docs: https://developer.github.com/v3/#authentication
+ * GitHub Auth docs: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#authentication
  */
 export default {
     github: {
-        accessToken: process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN || '',
-        clientId: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID || '',
-        clientSecret: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET || ''
+        accessToken: process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN || ''
     }
 };
diff --git a/site/services/docs.js b/site/services/docs.js
index 9331d7e6..b1f7ad1e 100644
--- a/site/services/docs.js
+++ b/site/services/docs.js
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ marked.setOptions({
     }
 });
 
+if (secrets.github.accessToken) {
+    console.log('All good! Found access token.');
+} else {
+    console.error('Not good! Missing access token. Will be rate-limited by github API.');
+}
+
 // Generate a hash of valid api routes, from the /configs/apis.js file
 let cache = {};
 let documents = {};
@@ -58,22 +64,6 @@ function fetchGitHubReposApi(params, cb) {
     // create github api url
     let githubUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + repo + '/' + type + '?';
 
-    // use access token if available, otherwise use client id and secret
-    if (secrets.github.accessToken) {
-        // using accessToken as query param is being deprecated
-        // https://developer.github.com/changes/2020-02-10-deprecating-auth-through-query-param/
-        // githubUrl += qs.stringify({
-        //     access_token: secrets.github.accessToken
-        // });
-    } else {
-        // using clientId and clientSecret as query param is being deprecated as well.
-        // will remove this after switching fluxible.io to use accessToken.
-        githubUrl += qs.stringify({
-            client_id: secrets.github.clientId,
-            client_secret: secrets.github.clientSecret
-        });
-    }
-
     // the name of the commit/branch/tag
     if (params.ref) {
         githubUrl += '&ref=' + params.ref;
@@ -87,7 +77,7 @@ function fetchGitHubReposApi(params, cb) {
             .set('Authorization', 'token ' + secrets.github.accessToken)
             .end(cb);
     } else {
-        // will remove this after switching fluxible.io to use accessToken.
+        // still make call to github API, but will be rate limited.
         request
             .get(githubUrl)
             .set('User-Agent', 'superagent')