diff --git a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index d032ddadb..fc615cf70 100644
--- a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ services:
       - 'SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090'
       - 'REPO_UPDATER_URL=http://repo-updater:3182'
       - 'GRAFANA_SERVER_URL=http://grafana:3370'
-      - 'GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180'
       - 'PROMETHEUS_URL=http://prometheus:9090'
       - 'PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_BACKEND=blobstore'
       - 'PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_AWS_ENDPOINT=http://blobstore:9000'
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ services:
             { "Name": "searcher-0", "Host": "searcher-0:6060" },
             { "Name": "symbols-0", "Host": "symbols-0:6060" },
             { "Name": "repo-updater", "Host": "repo-updater:6060" },
-            { "Name": "github-proxy", "Host": "github-proxy:6060" },
             { "Name": "worker", "Host": "worker:6060" },
             { "Name": "zoekt-indexserver-0", "Host": "zoekt-indexserver-0:6072" },
             { "Name": "zoekt-webserver-0", "Host": "zoekt-webserver-0:6070", "DefaultPath": "/debug/requests/" }
@@ -198,7 +196,6 @@ services:
       - 'SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090'
       - 'REPO_UPDATER_URL=http://repo-updater:3182'
       - 'GRAFANA_SERVER_URL=http://grafana:3000'
-      - 'GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180'
       - 'PROMETHEUS_URL=http://prometheus:9090'
       - 'PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_BACKEND=blobstore'
       - 'PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_AWS_ENDPOINT=http://blobstore:9000'
@@ -236,7 +233,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       - 'SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090'
       - 'OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317'
-      - 'GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180'
     volumes:
       - 'gitserver-0:/data/repos'
     networks:
@@ -321,26 +317,6 @@ services:
       - sourcegraph
     restart: always
 
-  # Description: Rate-limiting proxy for the GitHub API.
-  #
-  # CPU: 1
-  # Memory: 1GB
-  # Disk: 1GB / non-persistent SSD (only for read-only config file)
-  # Ports exposed to other Sourcegraph services: 3180/TCP 6060/TCP
-  # Ports exposed to the public internet: none
-  #
-  github-proxy:
-    container_name: github-proxy
-    image: 'index.docker.io/sourcegraph/github-proxy:216430_2023-05-02_5.0-3cc9006de32c@sha256:30d4550f51febc1e32ec8af175ef8cce4d1706fd75468572da86f6da451f546f'
-    cpus: 1
-    mem_limit: '1g'
-    environment:
-      - 'SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090'
-      - 'OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317'
-    networks:
-      - sourcegraph
-    restart: always
-
   # Description: Handles conversion of uploaded precise code intelligence bundles.
   #
   # Ports exposed to other Sourcegraph services: 3188/TCP
@@ -380,7 +356,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       - 'SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090'
       - 'OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317'
-      - 'GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180'
     volumes:
       - 'repo-updater:/mnt/cache'
     networks:
@@ -405,7 +380,6 @@ services:
       - 'SEARCHER_URL=http://searcher-0:3181'
       - 'SYMBOLS_URL=http://symbols-0:3184'
       - 'INDEXED_SEARCH_SERVERS=zoekt-webserver-0:6070'
-      - 'GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180'
       - 'PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_BACKEND=blobstore'
       - 'PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_AWS_ENDPOINT=http://blobstore:9000'
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose/embeddings/embeddings.docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/embeddings/embeddings.docker-compose.yaml
index 2f5b4aa11..d76b7d1bd 100644
--- a/docker-compose/embeddings/embeddings.docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/embeddings/embeddings.docker-compose.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ services:
             { "Name": "searcher-0", "Host": "searcher-0:6060" },
             { "Name": "symbols-0", "Host": "symbols-0:6060" },
             { "Name": "repo-updater", "Host": "repo-updater:6060" },
-            { "Name": "github-proxy", "Host": "github-proxy:6060" },
             { "Name": "worker", "Host": "worker:6060" },
             { "Name": "zoekt-indexserver-0", "Host": "zoekt-indexserver-0:6072" },
             { "Name": "zoekt-webserver-0", "Host": "zoekt-webserver-0:6070", "DefaultPath": "/debug/requests/" },
diff --git a/prometheus/prometheus_targets.yml b/prometheus/prometheus_targets.yml
index f49b7760d..016fec3ee 100644
--- a/prometheus/prometheus_targets.yml
+++ b/prometheus/prometheus_targets.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
   targets:
     - cadvisor:8080
     - sourcegraph-frontend-internal:6060
-- labels:
-    nodename: "sourcegraph-docker-compose-host"
-    job: github-proxy
-  targets:
-    - github-proxy:6060
 - labels:
     nodename: "sourcegraph-docker-compose-host"
     job: repo-updater
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy-frontend-internal.sh b/pure-docker/deploy-frontend-internal.sh
index 71668db8f..13f83f511 100755
--- a/pure-docker/deploy-frontend-internal.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/deploy-frontend-internal.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ docker run --detach \
     -e SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090 \
     -e REPO_UPDATER_URL=http://repo-updater:3182 \
     -e GRAFANA_SERVER_URL=http://grafana:3000 \
-    -e GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180 \
     -e PROMETHEUS_URL=http://prometheus:9090 \
     -e PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_BACKEND=blobstore \
     -e PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_AWS_ENDPOINT=http://blobstore:9000 \
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy-frontend.sh b/pure-docker/deploy-frontend.sh
index 4df49cd56..d53014330 100755
--- a/pure-docker/deploy-frontend.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/deploy-frontend.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ docker run --detach \
     -e SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090 \
     -e REPO_UPDATER_URL=http://repo-updater:3182 \
     -e GRAFANA_SERVER_URL=http://grafana:3370 \
-    -e GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180 \
     -e PROMETHEUS_URL=http://prometheus:9090 \
     -e PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_BACKEND=blobstore \
     -e PRECISE_CODE_INTEL_UPLOAD_AWS_ENDPOINT=http://blobstore:9000 \
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy-github-proxy.sh b/pure-docker/deploy-github-proxy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e61504ed0..000000000
--- a/pure-docker/deploy-github-proxy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-source ./replicas.sh
-
-# Description: Rate-limiting proxy for the GitHub API.
-#
-# CPU: 1
-# Memory: 1GB
-# Disk: 1GB / non-persistent SSD (only for read-only config file)
-# Network: 100mbps
-# Liveness probe: n/a
-# Ports exposed to other Sourcegraph services: 3180/TCP 6060/TCP
-# Ports exposed to the public internet: none
-#
-docker run --detach \
-    --name=github-proxy \
-    --network=sourcegraph \
-    --restart=always \
-    --cpus=1 \
-    --memory=1g \
-    -e GOMAXPROCS=1 \
-    -e SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090 \
-    -e 'OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317' \
-    index.docker.io/sourcegraph/github-proxy:187572_2022-12-06_cbecc5321c7d@sha256:b4739adfced18f2a8883da931da681f444b489f6606052246f7c8d536f22e425
-
-echo "Deployed github-proxy service"
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy-gitserver.sh b/pure-docker/deploy-gitserver.sh
index 50032bd2f..ba7429fde 100755
--- a/pure-docker/deploy-gitserver.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/deploy-gitserver.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ docker run --detach \
     -e GOMAXPROCS=4 \
     -e SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090 \
     -e 'OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317' \
-    -e 'GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180' \
     -v $VOLUME:/data/repos \
     index.docker.io/sourcegraph/gitserver:187572_2022-12-06_cbecc5321c7d@sha256:87642b2f0cccbdcd661e470c8f7aa6c022ab03065a2c8ab565afc4b8829a4531
 
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy-repo-updater.sh b/pure-docker/deploy-repo-updater.sh
index f7a7d7a82..f13e4ad34 100755
--- a/pure-docker/deploy-repo-updater.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/deploy-repo-updater.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ docker run --detach \
     -e GOMAXPROCS=1 \
     -e SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090 \
     -e 'OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317' \
-    -e GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180 \
     -v $VOLUME:/mnt/cache \
     index.docker.io/sourcegraph/repo-updater:187572_2022-12-06_cbecc5321c7d@sha256:0bf2b95c73bceff8c3edb96299175fe36a550f57fd3f5256d38fa2c42992655a
 
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy-worker.sh b/pure-docker/deploy-worker.sh
index 6e7378de9..326351e82 100755
--- a/pure-docker/deploy-worker.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/deploy-worker.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ docker run --detach \
     -e GOMAXPROCS=1 \
     -e SRC_FRONTEND_INTERNAL=sourcegraph-frontend-internal:3090 \
     -e 'OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317' \
-    -e GITHUB_BASE_URL=http://github-proxy:3180 \
     -e INDEXED_SEARCH_SERVERS="$(addresses "zoekt-webserver-" $NUM_INDEXED_SEARCH ":6070")" \
     -e SEARCHER_URL="$(addresses "http://searcher-" $NUM_SEARCHER ":3181")" \
     -e SRC_GIT_SERVERS="$(addresses "gitserver-" $NUM_GITSERVER ":3178")" \
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy.sh b/pure-docker/deploy.sh
index f335afa1b..660960f28 100755
--- a/pure-docker/deploy.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/deploy.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ docker network create sourcegraph &>/dev/null || true
 
 ./deploy-node-exporter.sh
 ./deploy-cadvisor.sh
-./deploy-github-proxy.sh
 for i in $(seq 0 $(($NUM_GITSERVER - 1))); do ./deploy-gitserver.sh $i; done
 ./deploy-grafana.sh
 ./deploy-precise-code-intel-worker.sh
diff --git a/pure-docker/teardown.sh b/pure-docker/teardown.sh
index aea1f4bf8..121b506db 100755
--- a/pure-docker/teardown.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/teardown.sh
@@ -7,31 +7,30 @@ cd "$root_dir"
 source ./replicas.sh
 
 docker rm -f node-exporter &>/dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f cadvisor &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f caddy    &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f sourcegraph-frontend-internal &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f $(addresses "sourcegraph-frontend-" $NUM_FRONTEND "") &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f github-proxy &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f $(addresses "gitserver-" $NUM_GITSERVER "") &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f grafana &> /dev/null || true
-docker rm -f jaeger &> /dev/null || true
-docker rm -f precise-code-intel-worker &> /dev/null || true
-docker rm -f pgsql &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f codeintel-db &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f codeinsights-db &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f blobstore &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f migrator &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f prometheus &> /dev/null || true
-docker rm -f redis-cache &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f redis-store &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f repo-updater &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f worker &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f $(addresses "searcher-" $NUM_SEARCHER "") &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f $(addresses "symbols-" $NUM_SYMBOLS "") &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f syntect-server &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f $(addresses "zoekt-indexserver-" $NUM_INDEXED_SEARCH "") &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f $(addresses "zoekt-webserver-" $NUM_INDEXED_SEARCH "") &> /dev/null || true &
-docker rm -f otel-collector &> /dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f cadvisor &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f caddy &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f sourcegraph-frontend-internal &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f $(addresses "sourcegraph-frontend-" $NUM_FRONTEND "") &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f $(addresses "gitserver-" $NUM_GITSERVER "") &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f grafana &>/dev/null || true
+docker rm -f jaeger &>/dev/null || true
+docker rm -f precise-code-intel-worker &>/dev/null || true
+docker rm -f pgsql &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f codeintel-db &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f codeinsights-db &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f blobstore &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f migrator &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f prometheus &>/dev/null || true
+docker rm -f redis-cache &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f redis-store &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f repo-updater &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f worker &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f $(addresses "searcher-" $NUM_SEARCHER "") &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f $(addresses "symbols-" $NUM_SYMBOLS "") &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f syntect-server &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f $(addresses "zoekt-indexserver-" $NUM_INDEXED_SEARCH "") &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f $(addresses "zoekt-webserver-" $NUM_INDEXED_SEARCH "") &>/dev/null || true &
+docker rm -f otel-collector &>/dev/null || true &
 
-docker network rm sourcegraph &> /dev/null || true &
+docker network rm sourcegraph &>/dev/null || true &
 wait
diff --git a/test/smoke-test.sh b/test/smoke-test.sh
index 766029e02..b9828a836 100755
--- a/test/smoke-test.sh
+++ b/test/smoke-test.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ deploy_sourcegraph() {
 	if [[ "$TEST_TYPE" == "pure-docker-test" ]]; then
 		./test/volume-config.sh
 		timeout 600s ./pure-docker/deploy.sh
-			expect_containers="26"
+		expect_containers="25"
 	elif [[ "$TEST_TYPE" == "docker-compose-test" ]]; then
 		docker-compose --file docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml up -d -t 600
-		expect_containers="27"
+		expect_containers="26"
 	fi
 
 	echo "Giving containers 90s to start..."