diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e1cf4dd4..00000000
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { NextResponse, NextRequest } from "next/server";
-
-export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
-  const response = NextResponse.next();
-  console.log("Middleware is running: ", request.url);
-
-  response.cookies.set("statusCookie", "cookie", {
-    httpOnly: true,
-    secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production",
-    maxAge: 10 * 60,
-    path: "/",
-    sameSite: "lax",
-  });
-
-  return response;
-}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 5627e238..837af8a7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
     "jsx": "preserve",
     "incremental": true
   },
-  "include": ["next-env.d.ts", "**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx", "src/middleware.ts"],
+  "include": ["next-env.d.ts", "**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules"]
 }