diff --git a/build/nginx/entrypoint.sh b/build/nginx/entrypoint.sh
index 594f658e..ef418327 100644
--- a/build/nginx/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/build/nginx/entrypoint.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ set -o pipefail 2>/dev/null || true
 : "${NGINX_MULTI_ACCEPT:=true}"
 
 # Set defaults for rate limiting variables if not provided
-: "${BLIZZARD_RATE_LIMIT_KEY:=blizzard-rate-limit}"
-: "${BLIZZARD_RATE_LIMIT_RETRY_AFTER:=5}"
 : "${RETRY_AFTER_HEADER:=Retry-After}"
 : "${UNKNOWN_PLAYER_COOLDOWN_KEY_PREFIX:=unknown-player:cooldown}"
 : "${UNKNOWN_PLAYERS_CACHE_ENABLED:=true}"
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ envsubst '${NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES_VALUE} ${NGINX_WORKER_CONNECTIONS} ${NGINX_MU
 
 # Replace placeholders and generate config and lua script from templates
 envsubst '${RATE_LIMIT_PER_SECOND_PER_IP} ${RATE_LIMIT_PER_IP_BURST} ${MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_IP} ${RETRY_AFTER_HEADER} ${PROMETHEUS_LUA_SHARED_DICT} ${PROMETHEUS_INIT_WORKER} ${PROMETHEUS_LOG_BY_LUA} ${PROMETHEUS_METRICS_SERVER}' < /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-envsubst '${VALKEY_HOST} ${VALKEY_PORT} ${CACHE_TTL_HEADER} ${BLIZZARD_RATE_LIMIT_KEY} ${BLIZZARD_RATE_LIMIT_RETRY_AFTER} ${RETRY_AFTER_HEADER} ${UNKNOWN_PLAYER_COOLDOWN_KEY_PREFIX} ${UNKNOWN_PLAYERS_CACHE_ENABLED}' < /usr/local/openresty/lualib/valkey_handler.lua.template > /usr/local/openresty/lualib/valkey_handler.lua
+envsubst '${VALKEY_HOST} ${VALKEY_PORT} ${CACHE_TTL_HEADER} ${RETRY_AFTER_HEADER} ${UNKNOWN_PLAYER_COOLDOWN_KEY_PREFIX} ${UNKNOWN_PLAYERS_CACHE_ENABLED}' < /usr/local/openresty/lualib/valkey_handler.lua.template > /usr/local/openresty/lualib/valkey_handler.lua
 
 # Check OpenResty config before starting
 openresty -t
diff --git a/build/nginx/lua/valkey_handler.lua.template b/build/nginx/lua/valkey_handler.lua.template
index a8414b72..15a899d0 100644
--- a/build/nginx/lua/valkey_handler.lua.template
+++ b/build/nginx/lua/valkey_handler.lua.template
@@ -44,24 +44,6 @@ local function check_unknown_player(valk, uri)
     return true
 end
 
-local function check_rate_limit(valk)
-    local exists, err = valk:exists("${BLIZZARD_RATE_LIMIT_KEY}")
-    if err then
-        ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "Failed to check rate limit key: ", err)
-        return false
-    end
-    if exists ~= 1 then return false end
-
-    local ttl = valk:ttl("${BLIZZARD_RATE_LIMIT_KEY}")
-    if not ttl or ttl < 0 then ttl = ${BLIZZARD_RATE_LIMIT_RETRY_AFTER} end
-
-    ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "Blizzard rate limit active, returning 429 from nginx")
-    ngx.header["${RETRY_AFTER_HEADER}"] = ttl
-    ngx.status = ngx.HTTP_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
-    ngx.say('{"error":"API has been rate limited by Blizzard, please wait for ' .. ttl .. ' seconds before retrying"}')
-    return true
-end
-
 local function handle_valkey_request()
     if EXCLUDED_PATHS[ngx.var.uri] then
         return ngx.exec("@fallback")
@@ -89,7 +71,7 @@ local function handle_valkey_request()
     local compressed_value, cache_ttl = res[1], res[2]
 
     if not compressed_value or compressed_value == ngx.null then
-        if (UNKNOWN_PLAYERS_CACHE_ENABLED and check_unknown_player(valk, ngx.var.uri)) or check_rate_limit(valk) then
+        if UNKNOWN_PLAYERS_CACHE_ENABLED and check_unknown_player(valk, ngx.var.uri) then
             release(valk)
             return
         end