diff --git a/backend/src/app/http/errors.clj b/backend/src/app/http/errors.clj
index 7d6a1bb09..b95bdbbc8 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http/errors.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http/errors.clj
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@
       {:status 400
        :body error})))
 
-(defmethod handle-exception :ratelimit
-  [_ _]
-  {:status 429
-   :headers {"retry-after" 1000}
-   :body ""})
-
 (defmethod handle-exception :not-found
   [err _]
   (let [response (ex-data err)]