diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
index b4ff40d7..1a012a6d 100644
--- a/config/default.js
+++ b/config/default.js
@@ -33,12 +33,10 @@ module.exports = {
 
   // the Topcoder v5 url
   TC_API: process.env.TC_API || 'https://api.topcoder-dev.com/v5',
-  // the Topcoder Beta API url currently v5.1
-  TC_BETA_API: process.env.TC_BETA_API || 'https://api.topcoder-dev.com/v5.1',
   // the organization id
   ORG_ID: process.env.ORG_ID || '36ed815b-3da1-49f1-a043-aaed0a4e81ad',
-  // the referenced taxonomy id
-  TOPCODER_TAXONOMY_ID: process.env.TOPCODER_TAXONOMY_ID || '7637ae1a-3b7c-44eb-a5ed-10ea02f1885d',
+  // the referenced skill provider id
+  TOPCODER_SKILL_PROVIDER_ID: process.env.TOPCODER_SKILL_PROVIDER_ID || '9cc0795a-6e12-4c84-9744-15858dba1861',
 
   TOPCODER_USERS_API: process.env.TOPCODER_USERS_API || 'https://api.topcoder-dev.com/v3/users',
   // the api to find topcoder members
diff --git a/docs/swagger.yaml b/docs/swagger.yaml
index 40fcd2eb..245f6abc 100644
--- a/docs/swagger.yaml
+++ b/docs/swagger.yaml
@@ -3157,7 +3157,7 @@ paths:
               schema:
                 type: array
                 items:
-                  $ref: "#/components/schemas/SkillInSkillsAPI"
+                  $ref: "#/components/schemas/UbahnSkill"
           headers:
             X-Next-Page:
               schema:
@@ -5516,25 +5516,17 @@ components:
           type: string
           example: "React"
           description: The skill name.
-    SkillInSkillsAPI:
-      required:
-        - "id"
-        - "name"
-        - "taxonomyId"
-        - "taxonomyName"
-        - "metadata"
+    UbahnSkill:
+      type: object
       properties:
         id:
           type: "string"
           format: "UUID"
           description: "The skill id"
-        taxonomyId:
+        skillProviderId:
           type: "string"
           format: "UUID"
-          description: "The referenced taxonomy id"
-        taxonomyName:
-          type: "string"
-          description: "The referenced taxonomy name"
+          description: "The referenced skill provider id"
         name:
           type: "string"
           description: "The name of the skill"
@@ -5544,20 +5536,22 @@ components:
         uri:
           type: "string"
           description: "The uri for the skill"
-        metadata:
-          type: "object"
-          description: "The metadata for the skill"
-          properties:
-            updated:
-              type: "string"
-              format: "date-time"
-              description: "The last updated timestamp of the skill"
-            challengeProminence:
-              type: "string"
-              description: "The challenge prominence ranging from [0, 1]"
-            memberProminence:
-              type: "string"
-              description: "The member prominence ranging from [0, 1]"
+        created:
+          type: "string"
+          format: "date-time"
+          description: "When the entity was created."
+        updated:
+          type: "string"
+          format: "date-time"
+          description: "When the entity was updated."
+        createdBy:
+          type: "string"
+          format: "UUID"
+          description: "Creator of the entity."
+        updatedBy:
+          type: "string"
+          format: "UUID"
+          description: "User that last updated the entity."
     JobForTeam:
       properties:
         id:
diff --git a/src/common/helper.js b/src/common/helper.js
index 05785428..1fd28f60 100644
--- a/src/common/helper.js
+++ b/src/common/helper.js
@@ -950,15 +950,7 @@ async function listUsersByExternalId (externalId) {
     context: 'listUserByExternalId',
     message: `response body: ${JSON.stringify(res.body)}`
   })
-
-  const users = res.body
-  // populate skill data for each user skill
-  await Promise.all(users.map(user => Promise.all(user.skills.map(async userSkill => {
-    const skill = await getSkillById(userSkill.skillId)
-    userSkill.skill = skill
-  }))))
-
-  return users
+  return res.body
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1100,7 +1092,9 @@ async function getUserById (userId, enrich) {
   const user = _.pick(res.body, ['id', 'handle', 'firstName', 'lastName'])
 
   if (enrich) {
-    user.skills = await Promise.all((res.body.skills || []).map(async (userSkill) => getSkillById(userSkill.skillId)))
+    user.skills = (res.body.skills || []).map((skillObj) =>
+      _.pick(skillObj.skill, ['id', 'name'])
+    )
     const attributes = _.get(res, 'body.attributes', [])
     user.attributes = _.map(attributes, (attr) =>
       _.pick(attr, ['id', 'value', 'attribute.id', 'attribute.name'])
@@ -1217,7 +1211,7 @@ async function getProjectById (currentUser, id) {
 
 /**
  * Function to search skills from v5/skills
- * - only returns skills from Topcoder Skills API defined by `TOPCODER_TAXONOMY_ID`
+ * - only returns skills from Topcoder Skills Provider defined by `TOPCODER_SKILL_PROVIDER_ID`
  *
  * @param {Object} criteria the search criteria
  * @returns the request result
@@ -1226,9 +1220,9 @@ async function getTopcoderSkills (criteria) {
   const token = await getM2MUbahnToken()
   try {
     const res = await request
-      .get(`${config.TC_BETA_API}/skills`)
+      .get(`${config.TC_API}/skills`)
       .query({
-        taxonomyId: config.TOPCODER_TAXONOMY_ID,
+        skillProviderId: config.TOPCODER_SKILL_PROVIDER_ID,
         ...criteria
       })
       .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${token}`)
@@ -1254,7 +1248,7 @@ async function getTopcoderSkills (criteria) {
 
 /**
  * Function to search and retrive all skills from v5/skills
- * - only returns skills from Topcoder Skills API defined by `TOPCODER_TAXONOMY_ID`
+ * - only returns skills from Topcoder Skills Provider defined by `TOPCODER_SKILL_PROVIDER_ID`
  *
  * @param {Object} criteria the search criteria
  * @returns the request result
@@ -1278,7 +1272,7 @@ async function getAllTopcoderSkills (criteria) {
 async function getSkillById (skillId) {
   const token = await getM2MUbahnToken()
   const res = await request
-    .get(`${config.TC_BETA_API}/skills/${skillId}`)
+    .get(`${config.TC_API}/skills/${skillId}`)
     .set('Authorization', `Bearer ${token}`)
     .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
     .set('Accept', 'application/json')