diff --git a/modules/ext.abuseFilter.examine.js b/modules/ext.abuseFilter.examine.js
index 2a2350419..20e71ef6d 100644
--- a/modules/ext.abuseFilter.examine.js
+++ b/modules/ext.abuseFilter.examine.js
@@ -81,19 +81,14 @@
 			params = {
 				action: 'abusefiltercheckmatch',
 				filter: filter
-			},
-			api = new mw.Api();
+			};
 
 		$( this ).injectSpinner( { id: 'filter-check', size: 'large' } );
 
-		if ( examine.type === 'rc' ) {
-			params.rcid = examine.id;
-		} else {
-			params.logid = examine.id;
-		}
+		params[ examine.type === 'rc' ? 'rcid' : 'logid' ] = examine.id;
 
 		// Use post due to the rather large amount of data
-		api.post( params )
+		new mw.Api().post( params )
 			.done( examinerTestProcess )
 			.fail( examinerTestProcessFailure );
 	}
diff --git a/modules/ext.abuseFilter.tools.js b/modules/ext.abuseFilter.tools.js
index c2d6b5632..7130101c9 100644
--- a/modules/ext.abuseFilter.tools.js
+++ b/modules/ext.abuseFilter.tools.js
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 	 * @param {jQuery.Event} e The event fired when the function is called
 	 */
 	function doExprSubmit( e ) {
-		var expr = $( '#wpFilterRules' ).val(),
-			api = new mw.Api();
+		var expr = $( '#wpFilterRules' ).val();
+
 		$( this ).injectSpinner( { id: 'abusefilter-expr', size: 'large' } );
 
-		api.post( {
+		new mw.Api().post( {
 			action: 'abusefilterevalexpression',
 			expression: expr,
 			prettyprint: 1
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@
 	 */
 	function doReautoSubmit() {
 		var nameField = OO.ui.infuse( $( '#reautoconfirm-user' ) ),
-			name = nameField.getValue(),
-			api;
+			name = nameField.getValue();
 
 		if ( name === '' ) {
 			return false;
@@ -115,8 +114,7 @@
 
 		$( this ).injectSpinner( { id: 'abusefilter-reautoconfirm', size: 'large' } );
 
-		api = new mw.Api();
-		api.post( {
+		new mw.Api().post( {
 			action: 'abusefilterunblockautopromote',
 			user: name,
 			token: mw.user.tokens.get( 'csrfToken' )
@@ -128,8 +126,6 @@
 
 	$( function initialize() {
 		$( '#mw-abusefilter-submitexpr' ).on( 'click', doExprSubmit );
-		if ( $( '#mw-abusefilter-reautoconfirmsubmit' ).length ) {
-			$( '#mw-abusefilter-reautoconfirmsubmit' ).on( 'click', doReautoSubmit );
-		}
+		$( '#mw-abusefilter-reautoconfirmsubmit' ).on( 'click', doReautoSubmit );
 	} );
 }() );