diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
index fbacf53bf6..0f177f151a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/News/Displays/FrontPageDisplay.cs
@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@ using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
 {
-    public class FrontPageDisplay : OverlayView<GetNewsResponse>
+    public class FrontPageDisplay : CompositeDrawable
     {
-        protected override bool PerformFetchOnApiStateChange => false;
-
-        protected override APIRequest<GetNewsResponse> CreateRequest() => new GetNewsRequest();
+        [Resolved]
+        private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
 
         private FillFlowContainer content;
         private ShowMoreButton showMore;
 
-        private GetNewsRequest olderPostsRequest;
+        private GetNewsRequest request;
         private Cursor lastCursor;
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -62,16 +61,27 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
                         {
                             Top = 15
                         },
-                        Action = fetchOlderPosts,
+                        Action = performFetch,
                         Alpha = 0
                     }
                 }
             };
+
+            performFetch();
+        }
+
+        private void performFetch()
+        {
+            request?.Cancel();
+
+            request = new GetNewsRequest(lastCursor);
+            request.Success += response => Schedule(() => onSuccess(response));
+            api.PerformAsync(request);
         }
 
         private CancellationTokenSource cancellationToken;
 
-        protected override void OnSuccess(GetNewsResponse response)
+        private void onSuccess(GetNewsResponse response)
         {
             cancellationToken?.Cancel();
 
@@ -94,18 +104,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.News.Displays
             }, (cancellationToken = new CancellationTokenSource()).Token);
         }
 
-        private void fetchOlderPosts()
-        {
-            olderPostsRequest?.Cancel();
-
-            olderPostsRequest = new GetNewsRequest(lastCursor);
-            olderPostsRequest.Success += response => Schedule(() => OnSuccess(response));
-            API.PerformAsync(olderPostsRequest);
-        }
-
         protected override void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
         {
-            olderPostsRequest?.Cancel();
+            request?.Cancel();
             cancellationToken?.Cancel();
             base.Dispose(isDisposing);
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/OverlayView.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/OverlayView.cs
index f73ca3aa6e..3e2c54c726 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/OverlayView.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/OverlayView.cs
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
     public abstract class OverlayView<T> : CompositeDrawable, IOnlineComponent
         where T : class
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Whether we should perform fetch on api state change to online (true by default).
-        /// </summary>
-        protected virtual bool PerformFetchOnApiStateChange => true;
-
         [Resolved]
         protected IAPIProvider API { get; private set; }
 
@@ -38,10 +33,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
             API.Register(this);
-
-            // If property is true - fetch will be triggered automatically by APIStateChanged and if not - we need to manually call it.
-            if (!PerformFetchOnApiStateChange)
-                PerformFetch();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -73,8 +64,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
             switch (state)
             {
                 case APIState.Online:
-                    if (PerformFetchOnApiStateChange)
-                        PerformFetch();
+                    PerformFetch();
                     break;
             }
         }