diff --git a/src/bin/server.rs b/src/bin/server.rs
index 20db345e12c..7fe649038a8 100644
--- a/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ extern crate tracing;
 
 use crates_io::middleware::normalize_path::normalize_path;
 use crates_io::{metrics::LogEncoder, util::errors::AppResult, App};
-use std::{fs::File, process::Command, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use axum::ServiceExt;
 use futures_util::future::FutureExt;
@@ -80,21 +80,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // the test suite :)
     info!("Listening at http://{addr}");
 
-    // Creating this file tells heroku to tell nginx that the application is ready
-    // to receive traffic.
-    if app.config.use_nginx_wrapper {
-        let path = "/tmp/app-initialized";
-        info!("Writing to {path}");
-        File::create(path).unwrap();
-
-        // Launch nginx via the Heroku nginx buildpack
-        // `wait()` is never called on the child process, but it should be okay to leave a zombie
-        // process around on shutdown when Heroku is tearing down the entire container anyway.
-        Command::new("./script/start-web.sh")
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Couldn't spawn nginx");
-    }
-
     // Block the main thread until the server has shutdown
     rt.block_on(server)?;
 
diff --git a/src/config/server.rs b/src/config/server.rs
index 7add05d197b..5ceeb24cae0 100644
--- a/src/config/server.rs
+++ b/src/config/server.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ pub struct Server {
     pub ip: IpAddr,
     pub port: u16,
     pub max_blocking_threads: Option<usize>,
-    pub use_nginx_wrapper: bool,
     pub db: DatabasePools,
     pub storage: StorageConfig,
     pub session_key: cookie::Key,
@@ -105,20 +104,15 @@ impl Default for Server {
     /// This function panics if the Server configuration is invalid.
     fn default() -> Self {
         let docker = dotenvy::var("DEV_DOCKER").is_ok();
-
         let heroku = dotenvy::var("HEROKU").is_ok();
-        let use_nginx_wrapper = heroku && dotenvy::var("USE_NGINX").unwrap_or_default() != "n";
 
-        let ip = if (heroku && !use_nginx_wrapper) || docker {
+        let ip = if heroku || docker {
             [0, 0, 0, 0].into()
         } else {
             [127, 0, 0, 1].into()
         };
 
-        let port = match (use_nginx_wrapper, env_optional("PORT")) {
-            (false, Some(port)) => port,
-            _ => 8888,
-        };
+        let port = env_optional("PORT").unwrap_or(8888);
 
         let allowed_origins = AllowedOrigins::from_default_env();
         let page_offset_ua_blocklist = match env_optional::<String>("WEB_PAGE_OFFSET_UA_BLOCKLIST")
@@ -189,7 +183,6 @@ impl Default for Server {
             ip,
             port,
             max_blocking_threads,
-            use_nginx_wrapper,
             session_key: cookie::Key::derive_from(env("SESSION_KEY").as_bytes()),
             gh_client_id: ClientId::new(env("GH_CLIENT_ID")),
             gh_client_secret: ClientSecret::new(env("GH_CLIENT_SECRET")),
diff --git a/src/tests/util/test_app.rs b/src/tests/util/test_app.rs
index f2849181f61..613ef18a7ac 100644
--- a/src/tests/util/test_app.rs
+++ b/src/tests/util/test_app.rs
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ fn simple_config() -> config::Server {
         ip: [127, 0, 0, 1].into(),
         port: 8888,
         max_blocking_threads: None,
-        use_nginx_wrapper: false,
         db,
         storage,
         session_key: cookie::Key::derive_from("test this has to be over 32 bytes long".as_bytes()),