diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionServeController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionServeController.php
index 2de6178d2e..27d256e2a8 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionServeController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionServeController.php
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 final class DiffusionServeController extends DiffusionController {
 
+  protected function shouldLoadDiffusionRequest() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   public static function isVCSRequest(AphrontRequest $request) {
     if (!self::getCallsign($request)) {
       return null;