diff --git a/frontend/vite-xss-middleware.ts b/frontend/vite-xss-middleware.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 215c5e6..0000000
--- a/frontend/vite-xss-middleware.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// vite-xss-fix.ts
-import { Plugin } from 'vite';
-
-export function viteXssMiddleware(): Plugin {
-  const middleware = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
-    const originalEnd = res.end;
-    const chunks: any[] = [];
-
-    res.end = function (chunk?: any) {
-      if (chunk) chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk));
-
-      const body = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString();
-
-      // If Vite's error message is reflecting user input, replace it
-      if (body.includes('did you mean to visit') && body.includes('<a href=')) {
-        const safe = `<!DOCTYPE html>
-            <html>
-            <head><title>404 Not Found</title></head>
-            <body><h1>404 - Page Not Found</h1></body>
-            </html>`;
-        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
-        return originalEnd.call(res, safe);
-      }
-
-      return originalEnd.call(res, Buffer.concat(chunks));
-    };
-
-    next();
-  };
-
-  return {
-    name: 'vite-xss-fix',
-    configureServer(server) {
-      server.middlewares.use(middleware);
-    },
-    configurePreviewServer(server) {
-      server.middlewares.use(middleware);
-    }
-  };
-}
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 99ce05d..86beb21 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
-import { viteXssMiddleware } from './vite-xss-middleware';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 
 dotenv.config({ path: '.env' }); // load env vars from .env
 export default defineConfig({
   base: process.env.REACT_APP_VITE_BASE || '',
-  plugins: [react(), viteXssMiddleware()],
+  plugins: [react()],
   preview: {
     allowedHosts: ['.mitre.org', '.elb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com'],
     port: parseInt(process.env.PORT!),
