diff --git a/conf/default.yaml b/conf/default.yaml
index 2a1e7a136..a4c5cac5a 100644
--- a/conf/default.yaml
+++ b/conf/default.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ packages:
 # WORKAROUND: Through given configuration you can workaround following issue https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues/301. Set to 0 in case 60 is not enough.
 server:
   keepAliveTimeout: 60
-  # behindProxy: false
 
 middlewares:
   audit:
diff --git a/conf/docker.yaml b/conf/docker.yaml
index 09ad30271..a98043b1d 100644
--- a/conf/docker.yaml
+++ b/conf/docker.yaml
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ packages:
 # WORKAROUND: Through given configuration you can workaround following issue https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues/301. Set to 0 in case 60 is not enough.
 server:
   keepAliveTimeout: 60
-  # enable this if you run behind a proxy
-  # behindProxy: false
 
 middlewares:
   audit:
diff --git a/src/api/index.ts b/src/api/index.ts
index 3b930f36b..c2115f9e8 100644
--- a/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/index.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ import { log, final, errorReportingMiddleware, serveFavicon } from './middleware
 const defineAPI = function (config: IConfig, storage: IStorageHandler): any {
   const auth: IAuth = new Auth(config);
   const app: Application = express();
-  if (config?.server?.behindProxy === true) {
-    // app.use('trust proxy');
-  }
 
   // run in production mode by default, just in case
   // it shouldn't make any difference anyway