diff --git a/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts b/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts
index ddf3c22..7a6f77a 100644
--- a/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middlewares/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 export * from './auth.middleware.js';
 export * from './recording.middleware.js';
 export * from './content-type.middleware.js';
-export * from './openapi.middleware.js';
 export * from './request-validators/participant-validator.middleware.js';
 export * from './request-validators/room-validator.middleware.js';
 export * from './request-validators/recording-validator.middleware.js';
diff --git a/backend/src/middlewares/openapi.middleware.ts b/backend/src/middlewares/openapi.middleware.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b41aa7a..0000000
--- a/backend/src/middlewares/openapi.middleware.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import * as OpenApiValidator from 'express-openapi-validator';
-import { getOpenApiSpecPath } from '../utils/path-utils.js';
-import YAML from 'yamljs';
-
-
-const openapiSpec = YAML.load(getOpenApiSpecPath());
-
-// Validate incoming requests against the OpenAPI specification
-export const openapiMiddlewareValidator = OpenApiValidator.middleware({
-	apiSpec: openapiSpec,
-	validateRequests: true,
-	validateResponses: true
-});