diff --git a/src/middleware.rs b/src/middleware.rs
index 014d7779af5..27ec6087feb 100644
--- a/src/middleware.rs
+++ b/src/middleware.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ mod balance_capacity;
 mod block_traffic;
 mod debug;
 mod ember_html;
-mod ensure_well_formed_500;
 mod head;
 mod known_error_to_json;
 mod log_connection_pool_status;
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ pub fn build_middleware(app: Arc<App>, endpoints: RouteBuilder) -> MiddlewareBui
     let blocked_traffic = app.config.blocked_traffic.clone();
 
     if env != Env::Test {
-        m.add(ensure_well_formed_500::EnsureWellFormed500);
         m.add(log_request::LogRequests::default());
         m.around(SentryMiddleware::default());
     }
diff --git a/src/middleware/ensure_well_formed_500.rs b/src/middleware/ensure_well_formed_500.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f943ce992a0..00000000000
--- a/src/middleware/ensure_well_formed_500.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-//! Ensures that we returned a well formed response when we error, because civet vomits
-
-use super::prelude::*;
-
-#[derive(Default)]
-pub struct EnsureWellFormed500;
-
-impl Middleware for EnsureWellFormed500 {
-    fn after(&self, _: &mut dyn RequestExt, res: AfterResult) -> AfterResult {
-        res.or_else(|_| {
-            let body = "Internal Server Error";
-            Response::builder()
-                .status(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
-                .header(header::CONTENT_LENGTH, body.len())
-                .body(Body::from_static(body.as_bytes()))
-                .map_err(box_error)
-        })
-    }
-}