diff --git a/src/shared/containers/SubmissionPage.jsx b/src/shared/containers/SubmissionPage.jsx
index bc017f3e83..0e63928042 100644
--- a/src/shared/containers/SubmissionPage.jsx
+++ b/src/shared/containers/SubmissionPage.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  *   Connects the Redux store to the Challenge Submissions display components.
  *   Passes the relevent state and setters as properties to the UI components.
  */
-import _ from 'lodash';
 import actions from 'actions/page/submission';
 import communityActions from 'actions/tc-communities';
 import shortId from 'shortid';
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ import PT from 'prop-types';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import SubmissionsPage from 'components/SubmissionPage';
 import AccessDenied, { CAUSE as ACCESS_DENIED_REASON } from 'components/tc-communities/AccessDenied';
-import { USER_GROUP_MAXAGE } from 'config';
 
 /**
  * SubmissionsPage Container
@@ -29,18 +27,10 @@ class SubmissionsPageContainer extends React.Component {
   componentDidMount() {
     const {
       auth,
-      groups,
-      communitiesList,
       getCommunitiesList,
     } = this.props;
 
-    // check if challenge belongs to any groups
-    // and the communitiesList is not up-to-date
-    // then will load the communitiesList
-    if (!_.isEmpty(groups) && !communitiesList.loadingUuid
-    && (Date.now() - communitiesList.timestamp > USER_GROUP_MAXAGE)) {
-      getCommunitiesList(auth);
-    }
+    getCommunitiesList(auth);
   }
 
   /* A child component has called their submitForm() prop, prepare the passed
diff --git a/src/shared/containers/challenge-detail/index.jsx b/src/shared/containers/challenge-detail/index.jsx
index 32fbc5fc79..335208aa6d 100644
--- a/src/shared/containers/challenge-detail/index.jsx
+++ b/src/shared/containers/challenge-detail/index.jsx
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import { BUCKETS } from 'utils/challenge-listing/buckets';
 import { CHALLENGE_PHASE_TYPES, COMPETITION_TRACKS_V3, SUBTRACKS } from 'utils/tc';
 import { config, MetaTags } from 'topcoder-react-utils';
 import { actions } from 'topcoder-react-lib';
-import { USER_GROUP_MAXAGE } from 'config';
 
 import ogWireframe from
   '../../../assets/images/open-graph/challenges/01-wireframe.jpg';
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ class ChallengeDetailPageContainer extends React.Component {
     const {
       auth,
       challenge,
-      communitiesList,
       getCommunitiesList,
       loadChallengeDetails,
       challengeId,
@@ -161,10 +159,7 @@ class ChallengeDetailPageContainer extends React.Component {
       loadChallengeDetails(auth, challengeId);
     }
 
-    if (!communitiesList.loadingUuid
-    && (Date.now() - communitiesList.timestamp > USER_GROUP_MAXAGE)) {
-      getCommunitiesList(auth);
-    }
+    getCommunitiesList(auth);
 
     if (_.isEmpty(challengeSubtracksMap)) {
       getSubtracks();