diff --git a/custom_components/badnest/__init__.py b/custom_components/badnest/__init__.py
index 5bfedfe..a4913f0 100644
--- a/custom_components/badnest/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/badnest/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import voluptuous as vol
 from homeassistant.helpers import config_validation as cv
 from homeassistant.const import CONF_EMAIL, CONF_PASSWORD
 
-from .const import DOMAIN, CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN, CONF_COOKIE, CONF_APIKEY
+from .const import DOMAIN, CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN, CONF_COOKIE
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
     {
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
             {
                 vol.Required(CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN, default=""): cv.string,
                 vol.Required(CONF_COOKIE, default=""): cv.string,
-                vol.Required(CONF_APIKEY, default=""): cv.string
             }
         )
     },
@@ -30,20 +29,17 @@ def setup(hass, config):
         password = config[DOMAIN].get(CONF_PASSWORD)
         issue_token = config[DOMAIN].get(CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN)
         cookie = config[DOMAIN].get(CONF_COOKIE)
-        api_key = config[DOMAIN].get(CONF_APIKEY)
     else:
         email = None
         password = None
         issue_token = None
         cookie = None
-        api_key = None
 
     hass.data[DOMAIN] = {
         CONF_EMAIL: email,
         CONF_PASSWORD: password,
         CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN: issue_token,
         CONF_COOKIE: cookie,
-        CONF_APIKEY: api_key
     }
 
     return True
diff --git a/custom_components/badnest/api.py b/custom_components/badnest/api.py
index d62dbbe..fe18ce2 100644
--- a/custom_components/badnest/api.py
+++ b/custom_components/badnest/api.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_5) " \
              "Chrome/75.0.3770.100 Safari/537.36"
 URL_JWT = "https://nestauthproxyservice-pa.googleapis.com/v1/issue_jwt"
 
+# Nest website's (public) API key
+NEST_API_KEY = "AIzaSyAdkSIMNc51XGNEAYWasX9UOWkS5P6sZE4"
+
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -19,7 +22,6 @@ class NestAPI:
                  password,
                  issue_token,
                  cookie,
-                 api_key,
                  device_id=None):
         self._user_id = None
         self._access_token = None
@@ -30,12 +32,11 @@ class NestAPI:
         self._password = password
         self._issue_token = issue_token
         self._cookie = cookie
-        self._api_key = api_key
         self.login()
 
     def login(self):
         if not self._email and not self._password:
-            self._login_google(self._issue_token, self._cookie, self._api_key)
+            self._login_google(self._issue_token, self._cookie)
         else:
             self._login_nest(self._email, self._password)
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class NestAPI:
         self._user_id = r.json()["userid"]
         self._access_token = r.json()["access_token"]
 
-    def _login_google(self, issue_token, cookie, api_key):
+    def _login_google(self, issue_token, cookie):
         headers = {
             'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'cors',
             'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class NestAPI:
         headers = {
             'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token,
             'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
-            'x-goog-api-key': api_key,
+            'x-goog-api-key': NEST_API_KEY,
             'Referer': 'https://home.nest.com'
         }
         params = {
@@ -80,14 +81,12 @@ class NestThermostatAPI(NestAPI):
                  password,
                  issue_token,
                  cookie,
-                 api_key,
                  device_id=None):
         super(NestThermostatAPI, self).__init__(
             email,
             password,
             issue_token,
             cookie,
-            api_key,
             device_id)
         self._czfe_url = None
         self._compressor_lockout_enabled = None
@@ -290,14 +289,12 @@ class NestTemperatureSensorAPI(NestAPI):
                  password,
                  issue_token,
                  cookie,
-                 api_key,
                  device_id=None):
         super(NestTemperatureSensorAPI, self).__init__(
             email,
             password,
             issue_token,
             cookie,
-            api_key,
             device_id)
         self.temperature = None
         self._device_id = device_id
@@ -362,7 +359,6 @@ class NestCameraAPI(NestAPI):
                  password,
                  issue_token,
                  cookie,
-                 api_key,
                  region,
                  device_id=None):
         super(NestCameraAPI, self).__init__(
@@ -370,7 +366,6 @@ class NestCameraAPI(NestAPI):
             password,
             issue_token,
             cookie,
-            api_key,
             device_id)
         # log into dropcam
         self._session.post(
diff --git a/custom_components/badnest/camera.py b/custom_components/badnest/camera.py
index 5aa8f76..b348aac 100644
--- a/custom_components/badnest/camera.py
+++ b/custom_components/badnest/camera.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from homeassistant.util.dt import utcnow
 
 from .api import NestCameraAPI
 from .const import (
-    CONF_APIKEY,
     CONF_COOKIE,
     CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN,
     CONF_REGION,
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ async def async_setup_platform(hass,
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_PASSWORD],
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN],
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_COOKIE],
-        hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_APIKEY],
         config.get(CONF_REGION)
     )
 
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ async def async_setup_platform(hass,
             hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_PASSWORD],
             hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN],
             hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_COOKIE],
-            hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_APIKEY],
             config.get(CONF_REGION),
             camera["uuid"]
         ))
diff --git a/custom_components/badnest/climate.py b/custom_components/badnest/climate.py
index e56321f..b1a79a9 100644
--- a/custom_components/badnest/climate.py
+++ b/custom_components/badnest/climate.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from homeassistant.const import (
 )
 
 from .api import NestThermostatAPI
-from .const import DOMAIN, CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN, CONF_COOKIE, CONF_APIKEY
+from .const import DOMAIN, CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN, CONF_COOKIE
 
 NEST_MODE_HEAT_COOL = "range"
 NEST_MODE_ECO = "eco"
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ async def async_setup_platform(hass,
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_PASSWORD],
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN],
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_COOKIE],
-        hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_APIKEY]
     )
 
     thermostats = []
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ async def async_setup_platform(hass,
             hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_PASSWORD],
             hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN],
             hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_COOKIE],
-            hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_APIKEY],
             thermostat
         )))
 
diff --git a/custom_components/badnest/const.py b/custom_components/badnest/const.py
index e6d761d..86f557c 100644
--- a/custom_components/badnest/const.py
+++ b/custom_components/badnest/const.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 DOMAIN = 'badnest'
 CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN = 'issue_token'
 CONF_COOKIE = 'cookie'
-CONF_APIKEY = 'api_key'
 CONF_REGION = 'region'
diff --git a/custom_components/badnest/sensor.py b/custom_components/badnest/sensor.py
index 7db78d9..cb2571d 100644
--- a/custom_components/badnest/sensor.py
+++ b/custom_components/badnest/sensor.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import logging
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
 
 from .api import NestTemperatureSensorAPI
-from .const import DOMAIN, CONF_APIKEY, CONF_COOKIE, CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN
+from .const import DOMAIN, CONF_COOKIE, CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN
 
 from homeassistant.const import (
     ATTR_BATTERY_LEVEL,
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ async def async_setup_platform(hass,
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_PASSWORD],
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN],
         hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_COOKIE],
-        hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_APIKEY]
     )
 
     sensors = []
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ async def async_setup_platform(hass,
                     hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_PASSWORD],
                     hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_ISSUE_TOKEN],
                     hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_COOKIE],
-                    hass.data[DOMAIN][CONF_APIKEY],
                     sensor
                 )))
 
diff --git a/info.md b/info.md
index 1e7aa13..cb65922 100644
--- a/info.md
+++ b/info.md
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ sensor:
 badnest:
   issue_token: "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/iframerpc....."
   cookie: "OCAK=......"
-  api_key : "#YOURAPIKEYHERE#"
 
 climate:
   - platform: badnest
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ sensor:
 
 Google Login support added with many thanks to: chrisjshull from <https://github.com/chrisjshull/homebridge-nest/>
 
-The values of `"issue_token"`, `"cookie"` and `"api_key"` are specific to your Google Account. To get them, follow these steps (only needs to be done once, as long as you stay logged into your Google Account).
+The values of `"issue_token"` and `"cookie"` are specific to your Google Account. To get them, follow these steps (only needs to be done once, as long as you stay logged into your Google Account).
 
 1. Open a Chrome browser tab in Incognito Mode (or clear your cache).
 2. Open Developer Tools (View/Developer/Developer Tools).
@@ -73,6 +72,3 @@ The values of `"issue_token"`, `"cookie"` and `"api_key"` are specific to your G
 8. In the 'Filter' box, enter `oauth2/iframe`
 9. Several network calls will appear in the Dev Tools window. Click on the last `iframe` call.
 10. In the Headers tab, under Request Headers, copy the entire `cookie` (beginning `OCAK=...` - **include the whole string which is several lines long and has many field/value pairs** - do not include the `cookie:` name). This is your `"cookie"` in `configuration.yaml`.
-11. In the 'Filter' box, enter `issue_jwt`
-12. Click on the last `issue_jwt` call.
-13. In the Headers tab, under Request Headers, copy the entire `x-goog-api-key` (do not include the `x-goog-api-key:` name). This is your `"api_key"` in `configuration.yaml`.