diff --git a/wp-content/themes/apus-theme/inc/performance.php b/wp-content/themes/apus-theme/inc/performance.php
index fc4d199f..1400fd1b 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/apus-theme/inc/performance.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/apus-theme/inc/performance.php
@@ -306,7 +306,14 @@ function apus_disable_rest_api( $result ) {
  */
 function apus_remove_dns_prefetch( $hints, $relation_type ) {
 	if ( 'dns-prefetch' === $relation_type ) {
-		return array_diff( wp_dependencies_unique_hosts(), $hints );
+		// Remove s.w.org from hints to avoid WordPress.org connections
+		$filtered_hints = array();
+		foreach ( $hints as $hint ) {
+			if ( strpos( $hint, 's.w.org' ) === false ) {
+				$filtered_hints[] = $hint;
+			}
+		}
+		return $filtered_hints;
 	}
 
 	return $hints;