diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 69f9623d..ff773042 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,21 +60,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "alloc-no-stdlib"
-version = "2.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cc7bb162ec39d46ab1ca8c77bf72e890535becd1751bb45f64c597edb4c8c6b3"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "alloc-stdlib"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94fb8275041c72129eb51b7d0322c29b8387a0386127718b096429201a5d6ece"
-dependencies = [
- "alloc-no-stdlib",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -269,7 +254,6 @@ version = "0.3.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "942c7cd7ae39e91bde4820d74132e9862e62c2f386c3aa90ccf55949f5bad63a"
 dependencies = [
- "brotli",
  "flate2",
  "futures-core",
  "memchr",
@@ -707,27 +691,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "brotli"
-version = "3.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "516074a47ef4bce09577a3b379392300159ce5b1ba2e501ff1c819950066100f"
-dependencies = [
- "alloc-no-stdlib",
- "alloc-stdlib",
- "brotli-decompressor",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "brotli-decompressor"
-version = "2.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e2e4afe60d7dd600fdd3de8d0f08c2b7ec039712e3b6137ff98b7004e82de4f"
-dependencies = [
- "alloc-no-stdlib",
- "alloc-stdlib",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -7380,7 +7343,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d1d42a9b3f3ec46ba828e8d376aec14592ea199f70a06a548587ecd1c4ab658"
 dependencies = [
- "async-compression 0.3.15",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -7389,8 +7351,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "http-range-header",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 84e77bb1..13ecec69 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ tonic-build = "0.10.0"
 tonic-health = "0.10.0"
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = [ "limit", "timeout" ] }
 tower-cookies = "0.9"
-tower-http = { version = "0.4", features = [ "trace", "cors", "decompression-br", "compression-br" ] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.4", features = [ "trace", "cors" ] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-appender = { version = "0.2" }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = [ "env-filter", "json" ] }
diff --git a/crates/local_backend/src/router.rs b/crates/local_backend/src/router.rs
index 355f6ede..76b2dfd4 100644
--- a/crates/local_backend/src/router.rs
+++ b/crates/local_backend/src/router.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use axum::{
-    error_handling::HandleErrorLayer,
     extract::DefaultBodyLimit,
     routing::{
         get,
         post,
     },
-    BoxError,
     Router,
 };
 use common::{
@@ -28,17 +26,12 @@ use http::{
     request,
     HeaderValue,
     Method,
-    StatusCode,
 };
 use isolate::HTTP_ACTION_BODY_LIMIT;
 use tower::ServiceBuilder;
-use tower_http::{
-    compression::CompressionLayer,
-    cors::{
-        AllowOrigin,
-        CorsLayer,
-    },
-    decompression::RequestDecompressionLayer,
+use tower_http::cors::{
+    AllowOrigin,
+    CorsLayer,
 };
 
 use crate::{
@@ -132,17 +125,8 @@ pub async fn router(st: LocalAppState) -> Router {
     let cli_routes = Router::new()
         .route("/push_config", post(push_config))
         .route("/prepare_schema", post(prepare_schema))
-        .layer(
-            ServiceBuilder::new()
-                .layer(HandleErrorLayer::new(|_: BoxError| async {
-                    StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
-                }))
-                .layer(RequestDecompressionLayer::new())
-                .layer(CompressionLayer::new())
-                .layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(MAX_PUSH_BYTES)),
-        )
+        .layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(MAX_PUSH_BYTES))
         .route("/get_config", post(get_config))
-        .layer(CompressionLayer::new())
         .route("/schema_state/:schema_id", get(schema_state))
         .route("/stream_udf_execution", get(stream_udf_execution))
         .merge(import_routes())