diff --git a/app/com/linkedin/drelephant/analysis/AnalyticJobGeneratorHadoop2.java b/app/com/linkedin/drelephant/analysis/AnalyticJobGeneratorHadoop2.java
index 1fc5594d2..92604ec77 100644
--- a/app/com/linkedin/drelephant/analysis/AnalyticJobGeneratorHadoop2.java
+++ b/app/com/linkedin/drelephant/analysis/AnalyticJobGeneratorHadoop2.java
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ private void updateAuthToken() {
    */
   private JsonNode readJsonNode(URL url)
       throws IOException, AuthenticationException {
-    HttpURLConnection conn = _authenticatedURL.openConnection(url, _token);
-    return _objectMapper.readTree(conn.getInputStream());
+    return _objectMapper.readTree(url.openStream());
   }
 
   /**