diff --git a/services/bridge/main.go b/services/bridge/main.go
index fd0126b2bf..fca9e70a71 100644
--- a/services/bridge/main.go
+++ b/services/bridge/main.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func NewApp(config config.Config, migrateFlag bool, versionFlag bool, version st
 
 // Serve starts the server
 func (a *App) Serve() {
-	mux := supportHttp.NewAPIMux(false)
+	mux := supportHttp.NewAPIMux()
 
 	// Middlewares
 	headers := make(http.Header)
diff --git a/services/compliance/main.go b/services/compliance/main.go
index e2c4a9c399..0ea181a16e 100644
--- a/services/compliance/main.go
+++ b/services/compliance/main.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func NewApp(config config.Config, migrateFlag bool, versionFlag bool, version st
 // Serve starts the server
 func (a *App) Serve() {
 	// External endpoints
-	external := supportHttp.NewAPIMux(false)
+	external := supportHttp.NewAPIMux()
 
 	// Middlewares
 	headers := http.Header{}
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (a *App) Serve() {
 	}()
 
 	// Internal endpoints
-	internal := supportHttp.NewAPIMux(false)
+	internal := supportHttp.NewAPIMux()
 
 	internal.Use(supportHttp.StripTrailingSlashMiddleware("/admin"))
 	internal.Use(supportHttp.HeadersMiddleware(headers, "/admin/"))
diff --git a/services/federation/main.go b/services/federation/main.go
index 75aecc215a..8f163d1e54 100644
--- a/services/federation/main.go
+++ b/services/federation/main.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func initDriver(cfg Config) (federation.Driver, error) {
 }
 
 func initMux(driver federation.Driver) *chi.Mux {
-	mux := http.NewAPIMux(false)
+	mux := http.NewAPIMux()
 
 	fed := &federation.Handler{
 		Driver: driver,
diff --git a/services/friendbot/main.go b/services/friendbot/main.go
index 0a7b092c60..07cbef527c 100644
--- a/services/friendbot/main.go
+++ b/services/friendbot/main.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 }
 
 func initRouter(fb *internal.Bot) *chi.Mux {
-	mux := http.NewAPIMux(false)
+	mux := http.NewAPIMux()
 
 	handler := &internal.FriendbotHandler{Friendbot: fb}
 	mux.Get("/", handler.Handle)
diff --git a/support/http/mux.go b/support/http/mux.go
index 1578789841..d84eb013db 100644
--- a/support/http/mux.go
+++ b/support/http/mux.go
@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@ import (
 
 // NewMux returns a new server mux configured with the common defaults used across all
 // stellar services.
-func NewMux(behindProxy bool) *chi.Mux {
+func NewMux() *chi.Mux {
 	mux := chi.NewMux()
 
-	if behindProxy {
-		mux.Use(middleware.RealIP)
-	}
-
 	mux.Use(middleware.RequestID)
 	mux.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
 	mux.Use(LoggingMiddleware)
@@ -24,8 +20,8 @@ func NewMux(behindProxy bool) *chi.Mux {
 
 // NewAPIMux returns a new server mux configured with the common defaults used for a web API in
 // stellar.
-func NewAPIMux(behindProxy bool) *chi.Mux {
-	mux := NewMux(behindProxy)
+func NewAPIMux() *chi.Mux {
+	mux := NewMux()
 
 	c := cors.New(cors.Options{
 		AllowedOrigins: []string{"*"},