diff --git a/py/services/civarchive_client.py b/py/services/civarchive_client.py
index 06b0310d..76e15e54 100644
--- a/py/services/civarchive_client.py
+++ b/py/services/civarchive_client.py
@@ -419,41 +419,10 @@ class CivArchiveClient:
         Returns:
             Tuple[Optional[Dict], Optional[str]]: (version_data, error_message)
         """
-        try:
-            lookup_payload, error = await self._request_json(
-                "/models/1",
-                params={"modelVersionId": version_id},
-            )
-            if error or lookup_payload is None:
-                logger.error(f"Error performing CivArchive version lookup for {version_id}: {error}")
-                return None, error or "Model lookup failed"
-
-            data = self._normalize_payload(lookup_payload)
-            version_block = data.get("version")
-            if not isinstance(version_block, dict):
-                logger.warning(f"CivArchive lookup for version {version_id} returned no version block")
-                return None, "Model not found"
-
-            actual_version_id = version_block.get("id")
-            actual_model_id = version_block.get("modelId")
-            if actual_version_id is None or actual_model_id is None:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "CivArchive lookup for version %s missing ids (modelId=%s, versionId=%s)",
-                    version_id,
-                    actual_model_id,
-                    actual_version_id,
-                )
-                return None, "Model not found"
-
-            version = await self.get_model_version(actual_model_id, actual_version_id)
-            if version is None:
-                return None, "Model not found"
-
-            return version, None
-
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.error(f"Error resolving CivArchive model version info for {version_id}: {exc}")
-            return None, "Model lookup failed"
+        version = await self.get_model_version(1, version_id)
+        if version is None:
+            return None, "Model not found"
+        return version, None
 
     async def get_model_by_url(self, url) -> Optional[Dict]:
         """Get specific model version by parsing CivArchive HTML page (legacy method)