diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/site.js b/core/server/api/canary/site.js
index 17b3c8ae04..97c13e2b51 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/site.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/site.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const ghostVersion = require('../../lib/ghost-version');
 const settingsCache = require('../../services/settings/cache');
 const urlUtils = require('../../lib/url-utils');
-const membersService = require('../../services/members');
+// const membersService = require('../../services/members');
 
 const site = {
     docName: 'site',
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ const site = {
                 title: settingsCache.get('title'),
                 description: settingsCache.get('description'),
                 logo: settingsCache.get('logo'),
-                brand: settingsCache.get('brand'),
+                // brand: settingsCache.get('brand'), // this is a dev experiments feature & needs to be behind the flag
                 url: urlUtils.urlFor('home', true),
-                plans: membersService.config.getPublicPlans(),
-                allowSelfSignup: membersService.config.getAllowSelfSignup(),
+                // plans: membersService.config.getPublicPlans(), // these are new members features that probably won't live here
+                // allowSelfSignup: membersService.config.getAllowSelfSignup(), // these are new members features that probably won't live here
                 version: ghostVersion.safe
             };
         }