diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 06b2322df18d649071679ea42f4ecf6cf300e415..fe60e359660e52589b864d983fab69f17b4e7076 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2819,11 +2819,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "express-rate-limit": {
-      "version": "4.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-rate-limit/-/express-rate-limit-4.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-DLRj2vMO7Xgai8qWKU9O6ZztF2bdDmfFNFi9k3G9BPzJ+7MG7eWaaBikbe0eBpNGSxU8JziwW0PQKG78aNWa6g=="
-    },
     "extend": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extend/-/extend-3.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 794db7d353397154ef795d59135b5771df8300ff..7f9b55f7927a8d9c62a905c3334d0d8025fb688a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "class-transformer": "^0.2.3",
     "class-validator": "^0.9.1",
-    "express-rate-limit": "^4.0.4",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
     "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0",
     "pg": "^7.11.0",
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 68871be82d89a37a410b93b252fb6f1e712ad143..ebd53e5906d44738a4775716b7165108fae426ca 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
-import * as rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
 
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
 
@@ -7,20 +6,10 @@ import { AppModule } from './app.module';
   Main.ts starts the server.
 */
 
-// due to a bug with newest release of express-rate-limit, call for rateLimit is broken
-// (rateLimit as any) works as a workaround for now
-// see https://github.com/nfriedly/express-rate-limit/issues/138
-const limiter = (rateLimit as any)({
-  windowMs: 60 * 1000, // one minute
-  max: 100, // limit each IP to 100 requests per windowMs
-});
-
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
   // Cors is needed for application/json POST
   app.enableCors();
-  //  apply limiter to all routes
-  app.use(limiter);
   await app.listen(5000);
 }
 bootstrap();