diff --git a/api/api/utils/image_proxy/__init__.py b/api/api/utils/image_proxy/__init__.py
index af8cd65c770..21b0b302521 100644
--- a/api/api/utils/image_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/api/api/utils/image_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import itertools
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Literal
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@
 
 parent_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-exception_iterator = itertools.count()
-
 HEADERS = {
     "User-Agent": settings.OUTBOUND_USER_AGENT_TEMPLATE.format(
         purpose="ThumbnailGeneration"
diff --git a/api/test/unit/utils/test_image_proxy.py b/api/test/unit/utils/test_image_proxy.py
index d17341965f3..896f94b953f 100644
--- a/api/test/unit/utils/test_image_proxy.py
+++ b/api/test/unit/utils/test_image_proxy.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def test_get_successful_records_response_code(
 
 alert_count_params = pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "count_start",
-    [0, 1, 50, 99, 100, 999, 1000, 1500, 1999],
+    [0, 1, 999],
 )
 
 MOCK_CONNECTION_KEY = ConnectionKey(