diff --git a/apps/sharkey/app/middleware.yaml b/apps/sharkey/app/middleware.yaml
index 3376bac..27afeef 100644
--- a/apps/sharkey/app/middleware.yaml
+++ b/apps/sharkey/app/middleware.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
 kind: Middleware
-metadata:
-  name: circuit-breaker
-  namespace: sharkey 
-spec:
-  circuitBreaker:
-    expression: LatencyAtQuantileMS(50.0) > 200 || ResponseCodeRatio(500, 600, 0, 600) > 0.5
-    fallbackDuration: 2s
-    recoveryDuration: 5s
----
-apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
-kind: Middleware
 metadata:
   name: ratelimit
   namespace: sharkey
diff --git a/apps/sharkey/app/route.yaml b/apps/sharkey/app/route.yaml
index 72931d7..71c6419 100644
--- a/apps/sharkey/app/route.yaml
+++ b/apps/sharkey/app/route.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spec:
       - name: strict-security-headers
         namespace: default
       - name: ratelimit
-      - name: circuit-breaker
     services:
     - name: sharkey
       port: http