diff --git a/R/gen_api.R b/R/gen_api.R
index e79791b..9bbfb42 100644
--- a/R/gen_api.R
+++ b/R/gen_api.R
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ gen_genesis_api <- function(endpoint,
                             overwrite_url,
                             ...) {
 
-  url <- ifelse(is.null(overwrite_url),
-                "https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesisWS/rest/2020",
-                overwrite_url)
+  url <- "https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesisWS/rest/2020"
 
   user_agent <- "https://github.com/CorrelAid/restatis"
 
@@ -75,9 +73,7 @@ gen_regio_api <- function(endpoint,
                           overwrite_url,
                           ...) {
 
-  url <- ifelse(is.null(overwrite),
-                "https://www.regionalstatistik.de/genesisws/rest/2020/",
-                overwrite_url)
+  url <- "https://www.regionalstatistik.de/genesisws/rest/2020/"
 
   httr2::request(url) %>%
     httr2::req_user_agent("https://github.com/CorrelAid/restatis") %>%
@@ -112,9 +108,7 @@ gen_zensus_api <- function(endpoint,
                            overwrite_url,
                            ...) {
 
-  url <- ifelse(is.null(overwrite_url),
-                "https://ergebnisse.zensus2022.de/api/rest/2020",
-                overwrite_url)
+  url <- "https://ergebnisse.zensus2022.de/api/rest/2020"
 
   user_agent <- "https://github.com/CorrelAid/restatis"