diff --git a/lib/bot-username.js b/lib/bot-username.js
index fa726e75..cfd9121e 100644
--- a/lib/bot-username.js
+++ b/lib/bot-username.js
@@ -1,14 +1 @@
-const memoize = require('async').memoize
-
-const githubClient = require('./github-client')
-
-function requestGitHubForUsername (cb) {
-  githubClient.users.get({}, (err, currentUser) => {
-    if (err) {
-      return cb(err)
-    }
-    cb(null, currentUser.login)
-  })
-}
-
-exports.resolve = memoize(requestGitHubForUsername)
+module.exports = 'nodejs-github-bot'
diff --git a/scripts/trigger-jenkins-build.js b/scripts/trigger-jenkins-build.js
index dc201b02..d1cdae7f 100644
--- a/scripts/trigger-jenkins-build.js
+++ b/scripts/trigger-jenkins-build.js
@@ -8,17 +8,9 @@ const { createPrComment } = require('../lib/github-comment')
 
 const jenkinsApiCredentials = process.env.JENKINS_API_CREDENTIALS || ''
 
-function ifBotWasMentionedInCiComment (commentBody, cb) {
-  botUsername.resolve((err, username) => {
-    if (err) {
-      return cb(err)
-    }
-
-    const atBotName = new RegExp(`^@${username} run CI`, 'mi')
-    const wasMentioned = commentBody.match(atBotName) !== null
-
-    cb(null, wasMentioned)
-  })
+function wasBotMentionedInCiComment (commentBody) {
+  const atBotName = new RegExp(`^@${botUsername} run CI`, 'mi')
+  return commentBody.match(atBotName) !== null
 }
 
 // Name for the Jenkins job should be triggered for a given repository
@@ -123,15 +115,9 @@ function handleCommentCreated (event, owner, repo) {
     author: commentAuthor
   }
 
-  ifBotWasMentionedInCiComment(comment.body, (err, wasMentioned) => {
-    if (err) {
-      return logger.error(err, 'Error while checking if the bot username was mentioned in a comment')
-    }
-
-    if (!wasMentioned) return
-
+  if (wasBotMentionedInCiComment(comment.body)) {
     triggerBuildIfValid(options)
-  })
+  }
 }
 
 function handlePullCreated (event, owner, repo) {
diff --git a/test/unit/bot-username.test.js b/test/unit/bot-username.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index db9fbe60..00000000
--- a/test/unit/bot-username.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
-const sinon = require('sinon')
-const tap = require('tap')
-
-const githubClient = require('../../lib/github-client')
-
-tap.test('botUsername.resolve(): returns username of current user', (t) => {
-  sinon.stub(githubClient.users, 'get').yields(null, { login: 'nodejs-github-bot' })
-  const botUsername = proxyquire('../../lib/bot-username', {
-    './github-client': githubClient
-  })
-
-  t.plan(1)
-  t.tearDown(() => {
-    githubClient.users.get.restore()
-  })
-
-  botUsername.resolve((_, username) => {
-    t.same(username, 'nodejs-github-bot')
-  })
-})