diff --git a/server/accounting/qbo/qbo-callback.js b/server/accounting/qbo/qbo-callback.js
index 13483c663..ecf56e7e8 100644
--- a/server/accounting/qbo/qbo-callback.js
+++ b/server/accounting/qbo/qbo-callback.js
@@ -11,18 +11,10 @@ const client = require("../../graphql-client/graphql-client").client;
 const queries = require("../../graphql-client/queries");
 const queryString = require("query-string");
 
-let qbEnv;
-
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
-  qbEnv = "production";
-} else {
-  qbEnv = `sandbox`;
-}
-
 const oauthClient = new OAuthClient({
   clientId: process.env.QBO_CLIENT_ID,
   clientSecret: process.env.QBO_SECRET,
-  environment: qbEnv,
+  environment: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "production" : "sandbox",
   redirectUri: process.env.QBO_REDIRECT_URI,
   logging: true,
 });
diff --git a/server/accounting/qbo/qbo.js b/server/accounting/qbo/qbo.js
index ab46a86c0..2d081c6bf 100644
--- a/server/accounting/qbo/qbo.js
+++ b/server/accounting/qbo/qbo.js
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ require("dotenv").config({
 
 function urlBuilder(realmId, object, query = null) {
   return `https://${
-    process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" || !process.env.NODE_ENV
-      ? "sandbox-"
-      : ""
+    process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "" : "sandbox-"
   }quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/${realmId}/${object}${
     query ? `?query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}` : ""
   }`;