diff --git a/etebase_fastapi/main.py b/etebase_fastapi/main.py
index c07d975..8e8469c 100644
--- a/etebase_fastapi/main.py
+++ b/etebase_fastapi/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.middleware.trustedhost import TrustedHostMiddleware
 
-from .middleware import DjangoDbConnectionCleanupMiddleware
 from .exceptions import CustomHttpException
 from .msgpack import MsgpackResponse
 from .routers.authentication import authentication_router
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ def create_application(prefix="", middlewares=[]):
 
         app.include_router(test_reset_view_router, prefix=f"{BASE_PATH}/test/authentication")
 
-    app.add_middleware(DjangoDbConnectionCleanupMiddleware)
     app.add_middleware(
         CORSMiddleware,
         allow_origin_regex="https?://.*",
diff --git a/etebase_fastapi/middleware.py b/etebase_fastapi/middleware.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 06e347b..0000000
--- a/etebase_fastapi/middleware.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-from starlette.types import ASGIApp, Receive, Scope, Send
-from django.db import close_old_connections, reset_queries
-
-
-class DjangoDbConnectionCleanupMiddleware:
-    def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp):
-        self.app = app
-
-    async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send):
-        reset_queries()
-        close_old_connections()
-        try:
-            await self.app(scope, receive, send)
-        finally:
-            close_old_connections()