diff --git a/apps/api/v1/lib/helpers/checkIsInMaintenanceMode.ts b/apps/api/v1/lib/helpers/checkIsInMaintenanceMode.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f2f0879b3..0000000000
--- a/apps/api/v1/lib/helpers/checkIsInMaintenanceMode.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { get } from "@vercel/edge-config";
-import type { NextMiddleware } from "next-api-middleware";
-
-const safeGet = async <T = unknown>(key: string): Promise<T | undefined> => {
-  try {
-    return get<T>(key);
-  } catch (error) {
-    // Don't crash if EDGE_CONFIG env var is missing
-  }
-};
-
-export const config = { matcher: "/:path*" };
-
-export const checkIsInMaintenanceMode: NextMiddleware = async (req, res, next) => {
-  const isInMaintenanceMode = await safeGet<boolean>("isInMaintenanceMode");
-  if (isInMaintenanceMode) {
-    return res
-      .status(503)
-      .json({ message: "API is currently under maintenance. Please try again at a later time." });
-  }
-
-  await next();
-};
diff --git a/apps/api/v1/lib/helpers/withMiddleware.ts b/apps/api/v1/lib/helpers/withMiddleware.ts
index 3b06627ccc..ff409fba51 100644
--- a/apps/api/v1/lib/helpers/withMiddleware.ts
+++ b/apps/api/v1/lib/helpers/withMiddleware.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { label } from "next-api-middleware";
 import { addRequestId } from "./addRequestid";
 import { captureErrors } from "./captureErrors";
 import { captureUserId } from "./captureUserId";
-import { checkIsInMaintenanceMode } from "./checkIsInMaintenanceMode";
 import { extendRequest } from "./extendRequest";
 import {
   HTTP_DELETE,
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ const middleware = {
   HTTP_POST,
   HTTP_DELETE,
   addRequestId,
-  checkIsInMaintenanceMode,
   verifyApiKey,
   rateLimitApiKey,
   extendRequest,
@@ -38,16 +36,14 @@ const middleware = {
 
 type Middleware = keyof typeof middleware;
 
-const middlewareOrder = [
-  // The order here, determines the order of execution
-  "checkIsInMaintenanceMode",
+const middlewareOrder: Middleware[] = [
   "extendRequest",
   "captureErrors",
   "verifyApiKey",
   "rateLimitApiKey",
   "addRequestId",
   "captureUserId",
-] as Middleware[]; // <-- Provide a list of middleware to call automatically
+];
 
 const withMiddleware = label(middleware, middlewareOrder);