diff --git a/common/constants.ts b/common/constants.ts
index 1a7eab4ce..a8cfae60b 100644
--- a/common/constants.ts
+++ b/common/constants.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const domains = {
 	scratch: "https://scratch.mit.edu",
 	scratchAddons: "https://scratchaddons.com",
 	scratchApi: "https://corsproxy.io/?https://api.scratch.mit.edu",
+	/** @deprecated */
 	scratchdb: "https://scratchdb.lefty.one/v3",
 } as const;
 
diff --git a/modules/autos/scratch.ts b/modules/autos/scratch.ts
index 3ea6cb75a..c5979b162 100644
--- a/modules/autos/scratch.ts
+++ b/modules/autos/scratch.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { TimestampStyles, cleanCodeBlockContent, time, type APIEmbed } from "dis
 import { parser, type Node } from "posthtml-parser";
 import constants from "../../common/constants.js";
 import { escapeMessage } from "../../util/markdown.js";
-import { nth } from "../../util/numbers.js";
 import { gracefulFetch } from "../../util/promises.js";
 import { fetchUser } from "../../util/scratch.js";
 import { truncateText } from "../../util/text.js";
@@ -133,69 +132,28 @@ export async function handleUser(urlParts: string[]): Promise<APIEmbed | undefin
 	if (!user) return;
 
 	const embed = {
-		title: `${user.username}${
-			(
-				"status" in user ? user.status == "Scratch Team" : user.scratchteam
-			) ?
-				"*"
-			:	""
-		}`,
+		title: `${user.username}${user.scratchteam ? "*" : ""}`,
 		color: constants.scratchColor,
 
-		fields:
-			"statistics" in user && user.statistics ?
-				[
-					{
-						name: `${constants.emojis.scratch.followers} Followers`,
-						value: `${user.statistics.followers.toLocaleString()} (ranked ${nth(
-							user.statistics.ranks.followers,
-						)})`,
-						inline: true,
-					},
-					{
-						name: `${constants.emojis.scratch.following} Following`,
-						value: user.statistics.following.toLocaleString(),
-						inline: true,
-					},
-				]
-			:	[],
+		fields: [
+			// TODO: partition instead of just half and half
+			user.profile.bio && {
+				name: "👋 About me",
+				value: truncateText(linkifyMentions(user.profile.bio), EMBED_LENGTH / 2, true),
+				inline: false,
+			},
+			user.profile.status && {
+				// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/string-content
+				name: "🛠️ What I'm working on",
+				value: truncateText(linkifyMentions(user.profile.status), EMBED_LENGTH / 2, true),
+				inline: false,
+			},
+		].filter(Boolean),
 		thumbnail: { url: `https://uploads.scratch.mit.edu/get_image/user/${user.id}_90x90.png` },
-		author: {
-			name: `${"country" in user ? user.country : user.profile.country}${
-				"status" in user && user.status == "New Scratcher" ?
-					`${constants.footerSeperator}${user.status}`
-				:	""
-			}`,
-		},
+		author: { name: user.profile.country },
 		url: `${constants.domains.scratch}/users/${user.username}`,
-		timestamp: new Date("joined" in user ? user.joined : user.history.joined).toISOString(),
-	};
-
-	if ("profile" in user ? user.profile.status : user.work) {
-		embed.fields.unshift({
-			// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/string-content
-			name: "🛠️ What I'm working on",
-			value: truncateText(
-				"profile" in user ?
-					linkifyMentions(user.profile.status)
-				:	htmlToMarkdown(user.work),
-				EMBED_LENGTH / 2, // TODO: partition instead of just half and half
-				true,
-			),
-			inline: false,
-		});
-	}
-	if ("profile" in user ? user.profile.bio : user.bio) {
-		embed.fields.unshift({
-			name: "👋 About me",
-			value: truncateText(
-				"profile" in user ? linkifyMentions(user.profile.bio) : htmlToMarkdown(user.bio),
-				EMBED_LENGTH / 2,
-				true,
-			),
-			inline: false,
-		});
-	}
+		timestamp: new Date(user.history.joined).toISOString(),
+	} satisfies APIEmbed;
 
 	return embed;
 }
diff --git a/modules/roles/scratch.ts b/modules/roles/scratch.ts
index 87eafe5b1..a19624eb0 100644
--- a/modules/roles/scratch.ts
+++ b/modules/roles/scratch.ts
@@ -108,11 +108,7 @@ export default async function linkScratchRole(
 		body: JSON.stringify({
 			platform_name: "Scratch",
 			platform_username: username,
-			metadata: {
-				joined: ("joined" in scratch ? scratch.joined : scratch.history.joined).split(
-					"T",
-				)[0],
-			},
+			metadata: { joined: scratch.history.joined.split("T")[0] },
 		} satisfies RESTPutAPICurrentUserApplicationRoleConnectionJSONBody),
 		passThroughBody: true,
 		headers: {
diff --git a/util/scratch.ts b/util/scratch.ts
index 54a986857..12cafff4d 100644
--- a/util/scratch.ts
+++ b/util/scratch.ts
@@ -6,78 +6,26 @@ import { gracefulFetch } from "./promises.js";
 export async function fetchUser(username: string) {
 	const user = await gracefulFetch<
 		| {
-				username: string;
-				id: null;
-				sys_id: number;
-				joined: "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z";
-				country: null;
-				bio: null;
-				work: null;
-				status: null;
-				school: null;
-		  }
-		| {
-				username: string;
 				id: number;
-				sys_id: number;
-				joined: string;
-				country: string;
-				bio: string;
-				work: string;
-				status: "New Scratcher" | "Scratch Team" | "Scratcher";
-				school: number | null;
-				statistics?: {
-					ranks: {
-						country: {
-							loves: number;
-							favorites: number;
-							comments: number;
-							views: number;
-							followers: number;
-							following: number;
-						};
-						loves: number;
-						favorites: number;
-						comments: number;
-						views: number;
-						followers: number;
-						following: number;
+				username: string;
+				scratchteam: boolean;
+				history: { joined: string; login?: string };
+				profile: {
+					id: number;
+					avatar?: string;
+					images: {
+						"90x90": string;
+						"60x60": string;
+						"55x55": string;
+						"50x50": string;
+						"32x32": string;
 					};
-					loves: number;
-					favorites: number;
-					comments: number;
-					views: number;
-					followers: number;
-					following: number;
+					status: string;
+					bio: string;
+					country: string;
 				};
 		  }
-		| { error: "UserNotFoundError" | "UserNotValidError" }
-	>(`${constants.domains.scratchdb}/user/info/${username}/`);
-	const scratchUser =
-		!user || "error" in user || !user.id ?
-			await gracefulFetch<
-				| {
-						id: number;
-						username: string;
-						scratchteam: boolean;
-						history: { joined: string; login?: string };
-						profile: {
-							id: number;
-							avatar?: string;
-							images: {
-								"90x90": string;
-								"60x60": string;
-								"55x55": string;
-								"50x50": string;
-								"32x32": string;
-							};
-							status: string;
-							bio: string;
-							country: string;
-						};
-				  }
-				| { code: string; message: string }
-			>(`${constants.domains.scratchApi}/users/${username}/`)
-		:	user;
-	return !scratchUser || "code" in scratchUser || !scratchUser.id ? undefined : scratchUser;
+		| { code: string; message: string }
+	>(`${constants.domains.scratchApi}/users/${username}/`);
+	return !user || "code" in user ? undefined : user;
 }