diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_views.py
index f7b32550aab11f9c04a713fa5d43865d7b0fd124..ad243c1a5aa0d3e858fac3ad4e89cef1c786e24e 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_views.py
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.test import RequestFactory
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
-from rest_framework import status
 from search.tests.test_course_discovery import DemoCourse
 from search.tests.tests import TEST_INDEX_NAME
 from search.tests.utils import SearcherMixin
 
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase, SharedModuleStoreTestCase
 
-from ..views import CourseDetailView, CourseListUserThrottle
+from ..views import CourseDetailView
 from .mixins import TEST_PASSWORD, CourseApiFactoryMixin
 
 
@@ -101,15 +100,6 @@ class CourseListViewTestCase(CourseApiTestViewMixin, SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.client.logout()
         self.verify_response()
 
-    def test_throttle_for_user(self):
-        """Make sure a user requests do not exceed the maximum number of requests"""
-        throttle = CourseListUserThrottle()
-        rate_limit, __ = throttle.parse_rate(throttle.rate)
-        self.setup_user(self.honor_user)
-        for attempt in xrange(rate_limit + 2):
-            expected_status = status.HTTP_429_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS if attempt >= rate_limit else status.HTTP_200_OK
-            self.verify_response(expected_status_code=expected_status, params={'username': self.honor_user.username})
-
 
 @attr(shard=9)
 class CourseListViewTestCaseMultipleCourses(CourseApiTestViewMixin, ModuleStoreTestCase):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py
index 9eb75bdfaeada81bd8989929d789491d7154ff64..0caeeed376ff85103d3a14ffc45e0e2d46107abd 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import search
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from rest_framework.generics import ListAPIView, RetrieveAPIView
-from rest_framework.throttling import UserRateThrottle
 
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.paginators import NamespacedPageNumberPagination
 from openedx.core.lib.api.view_utils import DeveloperErrorViewMixin, view_auth_classes
@@ -124,28 +123,6 @@ class CourseDetailView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, RetrieveAPIView):
         )
 
 
-class CourseListUserThrottle(UserRateThrottle):
-    """Limit the number of requests users can make to the course list API."""
-    # The course list endpoint is likely being inefficient with how it's querying
-    # various parts of the code and can take courseware down, it needs to be rate
-    # limited until optimized. LEARNER-5527
-
-    THROTTLE_RATES = {
-        'user': '2/minute',
-        'staff': '10/minute',
-    }
-
-    def allow_request(self, request, view):
-        # Use a special scope for staff to allow for a separate throttle rate
-        user = request.user
-        if user.is_authenticated and (user.is_staff or user.is_superuser):
-            self.scope = 'staff'
-            self.rate = self.get_rate()
-            self.num_requests, self.duration = self.parse_rate(self.rate)
-
-        return super(CourseListUserThrottle, self).allow_request(request, view)
-
-
 @view_auth_classes(is_authenticated=False)
 class CourseListView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, ListAPIView):
     """
@@ -219,7 +196,6 @@ class CourseListView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, ListAPIView):
 
     pagination_class = NamespacedPageNumberPagination
     serializer_class = CourseSerializer
-    throttle_classes = CourseListUserThrottle,
 
     # Return all the results, 10K is the maximum allowed value for ElasticSearch.
     # We should use 0 after upgrading to 1.1+: