diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e066a575..3e3bfec3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ The API recognizes the following properties under the top-level `api` key in you
 |`host`|*yes*||specifies the url under which the http service is to run|
 |`textAnalyzer`|*no*|*addressit*|can be either `libpostal` or `addressit` however will soon be **deprecated** and only `libpostal` will be supported going forward|
 |`indexName`|*no*|*pelias*|name of the Elasticsearch index to be used when building queries|
-|`legacyUrl`|*no*||the url to redirect to in case the user does not specify a version such as `v1`
 |`relativeScores`|*no*|true|if set to true, confidence scores will be normalized, realistically at this point setting this to false is not tested or desirable
 |`accessLog`|*no*||name of the format to use for access logs; may be any one of the [predefined values](https://github.com/expressjs/morgan#predefined-formats) in the `morgan` package. Defaults to `"common"`; if set to `false`, or an otherwise falsy value, disables access-logging entirely.|
 |`services`|*no*||service definitions for [point-in-polygon](https://github.com/pelias/pip-service) and [placholder](https://github.com/pelias/placeholder) services.  If missing (which is not recommended), the point-in-polygon and placeholder services will not be called.|
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ Example configuration file would look something like this:
   "api": {
     "host": "localhost:3100/v1/",
     "indexName": "foobar",  
-    "legacyUrl": "pelias.mapzen.com",
     "relativeScores": true,
     "textAnalyzer": "libpostal",
     "services": {
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 2034e96b..342f00eb 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ app.use( require('./middleware/jsonp') );
 
 /** ----------------------- routes ----------------------- **/
 
-var legacy = require('./routes/legacy');
-legacy.addRoutes(app, peliasConfig.api);
-
 var v1 = require('./routes/v1');
 v1.addRoutes(app, peliasConfig);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e06b581..d61eacc9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "elasticsearch": "^12.0.1",
     "elasticsearch-exceptions": "0.0.4",
     "express": "^4.8.8",
-    "express-http-proxy": "^0.11.0",
     "extend": "^3.0.1",
     "geojson": "^0.4.0",
     "@mapbox/geojson-extent": "^0.3.1",
diff --git a/routes/legacy.js b/routes/legacy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1de4986d..00000000
--- a/routes/legacy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-var proxy = require('express-http-proxy');
-
-function addRoutes(app, peliasConfig) {
-  var sendToLegacy;
-
-  if (!peliasConfig.hasOwnProperty('legacyUrl')) {
-    sendToLegacy = function redirectToV1(req, res, next) {
-      res.redirect(301, '/v1');
-    };
-  }
-  else {
-    sendToLegacy = proxy(peliasConfig.legacyUrl);
-  }
-
-  // api root
-  app.get( '/', sendToLegacy );
-
-  // place API
-  app.get( '/place', sendToLegacy);
-
-  // suggest APIs
-  app.get( '/suggest', sendToLegacy );
-  app.get( '/suggest/nearby', sendToLegacy );
-  app.get( '/suggest/coarse',sendToLegacy );
-
-  // search APIs
-  app.get( '/search', sendToLegacy);
-  app.get( '/search/coarse', sendToLegacy);
-
-  // reverse API
-  app.get( '/reverse', sendToLegacy );
-}
-
-module.exports.addRoutes = addRoutes;
diff --git a/schema.js b/schema.js
index df544677..ca69ccfb 100644
--- a/schema.js
+++ b/schema.js
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ const Joi = require('joi');
 // optional:
 // * api.accessLog (string)
 // * api.relativeScores (boolean)
-// * api.legacyUrl (string)
 // * api.localization (flipNumberAndStreetCountries is array of 3 character strings)
 module.exports = Joi.object().keys({
   api: Joi.object().keys({
     version: Joi.string(),
     indexName: Joi.string(),
     host: Joi.string(),
-    legacyUrl: Joi.string(),
     accessLog: Joi.string(),
     relativeScores: Joi.boolean(),
     requestRetries: Joi.number().integer().min(0),
diff --git a/test/unit/schema.js b/test/unit/schema.js
index d48c7392..c3cf25de 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ module.exports.tests.completely_valid = (test, common) => {
         version: 'version value',
         indexName: 'index name value',
         host: 'host value',
-        legacyUrl: 'legacyUrl value',
         accessLog: 'accessLog value',
         relativeScores: true,
         localization: {
@@ -160,29 +159,6 @@ module.exports.tests.api_validation = (test, common) => {
 
   });
 
-  test('non-string api.legacyUrl should throw error', (t) => {
-    [null, 17, {}, [], true].forEach((value) => {
-      var config = {
-        api: {
-          version: 'version value',
-          indexName: 'index name value',
-          host: 'host value',
-          legacyUrl: value
-        },
-        esclient: {}
-      };
-
-      const result = Joi.validate(config, schema);
-
-      t.equals(result.error.details.length, 1);
-      t.equals(result.error.details[0].message, '"legacyUrl" must be a string');
-
-    });
-
-    t.end();
-
-  });
-
   test('non-string api.accessLog should throw error', (t) => {
     [null, 17, {}, [], true].forEach((value) => {
       var config = {