diff --git a/netbox/utilities/forms.py b/netbox/utilities/forms.py
index 7b31f1e94..85fb762bb 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/forms.py
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ class APISelect(SelectWithDisabled):
         name of the query param and the value if the query param's value.
     :param null_option: If true, include the static null option in the selection list.
     """
-    # Only preload the selected option(s); new options are dynamically displayed and added via the API
-    template_name = 'widgets/select_api.html'
-
     def __init__(
         self,
         api_url,
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/templates/widgets/select_api.html b/netbox/utilities/templates/widgets/select_api.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d9516086b..000000000
--- a/netbox/utilities/templates/widgets/select_api.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<select name="{{ widget.name }}"{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>
-{% for group_name, group_choices, group_index in widget.optgroups %}
-  {% if group_name %}<optgroup label="{{ group_name }}">{% endif %}
-  {% for option in group_choices %}
-    {% if option.attrs.selected or option.value == "null" %}{% include option.template_name with widget=option %}{% endif %}
-  {% endfor %}
-  {% if group_name %}</optgroup>{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-</select>