diff --git a/rate_limit.go b/rate_limit.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f416b7..0000000
--- a/rate_limit.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/labstack/echo"
-)
-
-const (
-	rateLimit         = 20 // times per rateLimitInterval
-	rateLimitInterval = 1 * time.Hour
-)
-
-var accesses = &sync.Map{}
-
-type access struct {
-	count     int
-	timestamp time.Time
-}
-
-func legitAccess(c echo.Context) bool {
-	ip := c.Request().RemoteAddr
-	aRaw, found := accesses.Load(ip)
-	var a *access
-	if found {
-		a, _ = aRaw.(*access)
-	} else {
-		a = &access{}
-	}
-	a.count++
-	a.timestamp = time.Now()
-	accesses.Store(ip, a)
-	return a.count < rateLimit
-}
-
-func cleanAccessRegistry(logger echo.Logger) {
-	for {
-		time.Sleep(rateLimitInterval)
-		t, e := 0, 0
-		accesses.Range(func(ip, aRaw interface{}) bool {
-			t++
-			a, _ := aRaw.(*access)
-			if a.timestamp.Add(rateLimitInterval).Before(time.Now()) {
-				accesses.Delete(ip)
-				e++
-			}
-			return true
-		})
-		if e > 0 {
-			logger.Infof("cleaned up %d/%d outdated accesses", e, t)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index 3b34410..728d195 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ var (
 		403: "Forbidden",
 		404: "Not found",
 		412: "Precondition failed",
-		429: "Too many requests",
 		503: "Service unavailable",
 	}
 
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 46a73bd..633b6d7 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	go persistStats(e.Logger, db)
-	go cleanAccessRegistry(e.Logger)
 
 	e.Renderer = &Template{templates: template.Must(template.ParseGlob("assets/templates/*.html"))}
 
@@ -110,11 +109,6 @@ func main() {
 			code := http.StatusForbidden
 			return c.Render(code, "Note", responsePage(code))
 		}
-		if !legitAccess(c) {
-			code := http.StatusTooManyRequests
-			c.Logger().Errorf("rate limit exceeded for %s", c.Request().RemoteAddr)
-			return c.Render(code, "Note", responsePage(code))
-		}
 		if c.FormValue("tos") != "on" {
 			code := http.StatusPreconditionFailed
 			c.Logger().Errorf("POST /note error: %d", code)
@@ -152,7 +146,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	e.POST("/:id/report", func(c echo.Context) error {
 		report := c.FormValue("report")
-		if legitAccess(c) && report != "" {
+		if report != "" {
 			id := c.Param("id")
 			if err := email(id, report); err != nil {
 				c.Logger().Errorf("couldn't send email: %v", err)