diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java
index 77bfd4b69b5ed..b6ab04b678024 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/VertxHttpRecorder.java
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ public void handle(RoutingContext event) {
             }
 
             HttpServerCommonHandlers.applyHeaders(managementConfiguration.getValue().header(), mr);
-            HttpServerCommonHandlers.enforceMaxBodySize(managementConfiguration.getValue().limits(), mr);
             applyCompression(managementBuildTimeConfig.enableCompression(), mr);
 
             Handler<HttpServerRequest> handler = HttpServerCommonHandlers.enforceDuplicatedContext(mr);
diff --git a/integration-tests/vertx-http/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/vertx/UploadRoute.java b/integration-tests/vertx-http/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/vertx/UploadRoute.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a06dddc9c87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/vertx-http/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/vertx/UploadRoute.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.vertx;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.enterprise.event.Observes;
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.StartupEvent;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.ServerLimitsConfig;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.options.HttpServerCommonHandlers;
+import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpHeaders;
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerRequest;
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerResponse;
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpVersion;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.Router;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;
+
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class UploadRoute {
+
+    /**
+     * Installs two POST-routes - one that bypasses the body-length limit using {@code order(-3)}
+     * ({@link HttpServerCommonHandlers#enforceMaxBodySize(ServerLimitsConfig, Router)} uses {@code order(-2)}) and one that
+     * does not bypass body-size enforcement.
+     */
+    void installRoute(@Observes StartupEvent startupEvent, Router router) {
+        router.post("/unlimited-upload").order(-3).handler(UploadHandler::newRequest);
+        router.post("/limited-upload").handler(UploadHandler::newRequest);
+    }
+
+    static class UploadHandler {
+        final HttpServerResponse resp;
+
+        final AtomicLong total = new AtomicLong();
+
+        UploadHandler(HttpServerResponse resp) {
+            this.resp = resp;
+        }
+
+        void end(Void x) {
+            resp.setStatusCode(200)
+                    .setStatusMessage("OK")
+                    .putHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+                    .end("Got " + total);
+        }
+
+        void onData(Buffer buffer) {
+            total.addAndGet(buffer.length());
+        }
+
+        void onException(Throwable exception) {
+            resp.setStatusCode(500)
+                    .setStatusMessage("Internal Server Error")
+                    .end("Failed to process request.");
+        }
+
+        static void newRequest(RoutingContext routingContext) {
+            HttpServerRequest req = routingContext.request();
+            HttpServerResponse resp = routingContext.response();
+
+            String expectValue = req.getHeader(HttpHeaders.EXPECT);
+            if (expectValue != null) {
+                if (!"100-continue".equals(expectValue)) {
+                    routingContext.fail(417);
+                }
+                if (req.version() != HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0) {
+                    resp.writeContinue();
+                }
+            }
+
+            UploadHandler uploadHandler = new UploadHandler(resp);
+            req.handler(uploadHandler::onData)
+                    .endHandler(uploadHandler::end)
+                    .exceptionHandler(uploadHandler::onException);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/vertx-http/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/vertx/UploadUnlimitedTestCase.java b/integration-tests/vertx-http/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/vertx/UploadUnlimitedTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..63ce48b41cce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/vertx-http/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/vertx/UploadUnlimitedTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.vertx;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTestProfile;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.TestProfile;
+
+@QuarkusTest
+@TestProfile(UploadUnlimitedTestCase.UploadLimitProfile.class)
+public class UploadUnlimitedTestCase {
+
+    /** See {@link io.quarkus.it.vertx.UploadRoute}. */
+    @TestHTTPResource(value = "/unlimited-upload")
+    URL unlimitedUrl;
+
+    /** See {@link io.quarkus.it.vertx.UploadRoute}. */
+    @TestHTTPResource(value = "/limited-upload")
+    URL limitedUrl;
+
+    /** No {@code quarkus.http.limits.max-body-size} via route-config. */
+    @Test
+    public void uploadBypassBodySizeLimit() throws Exception {
+        HttpURLConnection urlConn = (HttpURLConnection) unlimitedUrl.openConnection();
+        byte[] justData = new byte[8192];
+        urlConn.setRequestMethod("POST");
+        urlConn.setDoOutput(true);
+        urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data");
+        urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(justData.length));
+        try (OutputStream output = urlConn.getOutputStream()) {
+            output.write(justData);
+        }
+        assertEquals(200, urlConn.getResponseCode(), urlConn.getResponseCode() + ": " + urlConn.getResponseMessage());
+    }
+
+    /** Respects {@code quarkus.http.limits.max-body-size}. */
+    @Test
+    public void uploadSizeLimitedByConfig() throws Exception {
+        HttpURLConnection urlConn = (HttpURLConnection) limitedUrl.openConnection();
+        byte[] justData = new byte[8192];
+        urlConn.setRequestMethod("POST");
+        urlConn.setDoOutput(true);
+        urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(justData.length));
+        try (OutputStream output = urlConn.getOutputStream()) {
+            output.write(justData);
+        }
+        assertEquals(413, urlConn.getResponseCode(), urlConn.getResponseCode() + ": " + urlConn.getResponseMessage());
+    }
+
+    public static class UploadLimitProfile implements QuarkusTestProfile {
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, String> getConfigOverrides() {
+            return Map.of(
+                    "quarkus.http.limits.max-body-size", "1K");
+        }
+    }
+}