diff --git a/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.lock b/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.lock
index 60f46f49848..1545dad7865 100644
--- a/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.lock
+++ b/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.lock
@@ -198,55 +198,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum"
-version = "0.6.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
- "itoa",
- "matchit",
- "memchr",
- "mime",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "serde_path_to_error",
- "serde_urlencoded",
- "sync_wrapper",
- "tokio",
- "tower",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "759fa577a247914fd3f7f76d62972792636412fbfd634cd452f6a385a74d2d2c"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "mime",
- "rustversion",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.69"
@@ -437,10 +388,8 @@ name = "cat-gateway"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
  "bb8",
  "bb8-postgres",
- "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "cpu-time",
@@ -461,7 +410,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-postgres",
  "tower",
- "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "ulid",
@@ -1033,12 +981,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "http-range-header"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "add0ab9360ddbd88cfeb3bd9574a1d85cfdfa14db10b3e21d3700dbc4328758f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -1192,12 +1134,6 @@ version = "0.4.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5e6163cb8c49088c2c36f57875e58ccd8c87c7427f7fbd50ea6710b2f3f2e8f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "md-5"
 version = "0.10.6"
@@ -1971,12 +1907,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ffc183a10b4478d04cbbbfc96d0873219d962dd5accaff2ffbd4ceb7df837f4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -2041,16 +1971,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_path_to_error"
-version = "0.1.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4beec8bce849d58d06238cb50db2e1c417cfeafa4c63f692b15c82b7c80f8335"
-dependencies = [
- "itoa",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -2205,12 +2125,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sync_wrapper"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -2420,30 +2334,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.4.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61c5bb1d698276a2443e5ecfabc1008bf15a36c12e6a7176e7bf089ea9131140"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.1",
- "bytes",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-range-header",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
 version = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.toml b/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.toml
index 96566a3c7d6..38b4c8f319f 100644
--- a/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/catalyst-gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
-axum = "0.6.9"
-
 poem = "1.3.58"
 poem-openapi = "3.0.4"
 poem-extensions = "0.7.2"
@@ -37,12 +35,10 @@ cryptoxide = "0.4.4"
 uuid = "1"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 panic-message = "0.3"
-bytes = "1.4"
 cpu-time = "1.0"
 ulid = "1.0.1"
 rust-embed = "8"
 
-tower-http = "0.4"
 tower = "0.4"
 hyper = "0.14"
 url = "2.4.1"
diff --git a/catalyst-gateway/bin/Cargo.toml b/catalyst-gateway/bin/Cargo.toml
index e7dd156d1f1..398127fd437 100644
--- a/catalyst-gateway/bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/catalyst-gateway/bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
-axum = { workspace = true }
-
-tower-http = { workspace = true, features = ["cors"] }
 
 rust_decimal = { workspace = true, features = [
     "serde-with-float",
@@ -75,7 +72,6 @@ dotenvy = { workspace = true }
 panic-message = { workspace = true }
 tower = { workspace = true, features = ["util"] }
 hyper = { workspace = true }
-bytes = { workspace = true }
 cpu-time = { workspace = true }
 ulid = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "uuid"] }
 rust-embed = { workspace = true }