diff --git a/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts b/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts
index 6c2c8f28a6..95489e6620 100644
--- a/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/rateLimit.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
       namespace: "core",
       limit: 10,
       duration: "60s",
-      async: true,
       timeout,
     }),
     common: new Ratelimit({
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
       namespace: "common",
       limit: 200,
       duration: "60s",
-      async: true,
       timeout,
     }),
     forcedSlowMode: new Ratelimit({
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
       namespace: "forcedSlowMode",
       limit: 1,
       duration: "30s",
-      async: true,
       timeout,
     }),
     api: new Ratelimit({
@@ -69,7 +66,6 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
       namespace: "api",
       limit: API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT,
       duration: "60s",
-      async: true,
       timeout,
     }),
     ai: new Ratelimit({
@@ -77,7 +73,6 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
       namespace: "ai",
       limit: 20,
       duration: "1d",
-      async: true,
       timeout,
     }),
     sms: new Ratelimit({
@@ -85,7 +80,6 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
       namespace: "sms",
       limit: 50,
       duration: "5m",
-      async: true,
       timeout,
     }),
     smsMonth: new Ratelimit({
@@ -93,7 +87,6 @@ export function rateLimiter() {
       namespace: "smsMonth",
       limit: 250,
       duration: "30d",
-      async: true,
       timeout,
     }),
   };