diff --git a/phono-server/src/cli.rs b/phono-server/src/cli.rs
index 471a597..5dea7ed 100644
--- a/phono-server/src/cli.rs
+++ b/phono-server/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
-
 use anyhow::Result;
-use axum::{
-    ServiceExt,
-    extract::Request,
-    http::{HeaderValue, header::CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY},
-    middleware::map_request,
-};
+use axum::http::{HeaderValue, header::CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY};
 use chrono::{TimeDelta, Utc};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use tokio::time::sleep;
@@ -15,7 +8,7 @@ use tower_http::{
     compression::CompressionLayer, set_header::response::SetResponseHeaderLayer, trace::TraceLayer,
 };
 
-use crate::{app::App, middleware::lowercase_uri_path, routes::new_router, worker::run_worker};
+use crate::{app::App, routes::new_router, worker::run_worker};
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -37,20 +30,18 @@ pub enum Commands {
     Serve,
     /// Run background worker
     Worker(WorkerArgs),
-    // TODO: add a low-frequency worker task exclusively for self-healing
-    // mechanisms like Governor::reset_all()
 }
 
 pub async fn serve_command(state: App) -> Result<()> {
-    let router = ServiceBuilder::new()
-        .layer(map_request(lowercase_uri_path))
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
-        .layer(CompressionLayer::new())
-        .layer(SetResponseHeaderLayer::if_not_present(
-            CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY,
-            HeaderValue::from_static("frame-ancestors 'none'"),
-        ))
-        .service(new_router(state.clone()));
+    let router = new_router(state.clone()).layer(
+        ServiceBuilder::new()
+            .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
+            .layer(CompressionLayer::new())
+            .layer(SetResponseHeaderLayer::if_not_present(
+                CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY,
+                HeaderValue::from_static("frame-ancestors 'none'"),
+            )),
+    );
 
     let listener =
         tokio::net::TcpListener::bind((state.settings.host.clone(), state.settings.port))
@@ -63,12 +54,9 @@ pub async fn serve_command(state: App) -> Result<()> {
         state.settings.root_path
     );
 
-    axum::serve(
-        listener,
-        ServiceExt::<Request>::into_make_service_with_connect_info::<SocketAddr>(router),
-    )
-    .await
-    .map_err(Into::into)
+    axum::serve(listener, router).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub async fn worker_command(args: &WorkerArgs, state: App) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/phono-server/src/main.rs b/phono-server/src/main.rs
index d58ffe4..5471964 100644
--- a/phono-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/phono-server/src/main.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ mod cli;
 mod errors;
 mod extractors;
 mod field_info;
-mod middleware;
 mod navigator;
 mod presentation_form;
 mod roles;
diff --git a/phono-server/src/middleware.rs b/phono-server/src/middleware.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a61079a..0000000
--- a/phono-server/src/middleware.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-use axum::http::Request;
-
-/// Pass to axum::middleware::map_request() to transform the entire URI path
-/// (but not search query) to lowercase.
-pub async fn lowercase_uri_path<B>(mut request: Request<B>) -> Request<B> {
-    let path = request.uri().path().to_lowercase();
-    let path_and_query = match request.uri().query() {
-        Some(query) => format!("{}?{}", path, query),
-        None => path,
-    };
-    let builder =
-        axum::http::uri::Builder::from(request.uri().clone()).path_and_query(path_and_query);
-    *request.uri_mut() = builder
-        .build()
-        .expect("lowercasing URI path should not break it");
-    request
-}
diff --git a/phono-server/src/routes/mod.rs b/phono-server/src/routes/mod.rs
index 04c235c..8e057e3 100644
--- a/phono-server/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/phono-server/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ use tower_http::{
     set_header::SetResponseHeaderLayer,
 };
 
-use crate::auth;
-use crate::{app::App, settings::Settings};
+use crate::{app::App, auth, settings::Settings};
 
 mod forms;
 mod relations_single;