diff --git a/app/serializers/api/state_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/api/state_serializer.rb
index a43e5665b3..38ad444701 100644
--- a/app/serializers/api/state_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/api/state_serializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 class Api::StateSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   attributes :id, :name, :abbr
-
-  def abbr
-    object.abbr.upcase
-  end
 end