diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/agent.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/agent.ts
index 438073161..7fd8e7d75 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/agent.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/agent.ts
@@ -46,25 +46,7 @@ export async function agentController(
   });
 
   if (!config.EXTRACT_V3_BETA_URL) {
-    return res.status(400).json({
-      success: false,
-      error: "Agent beta is not enabled.",
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (
-    !req.acuc?.flags?.extractV3Beta &&
-    !req.acuc?.flags?.agentBeta &&
-    !(
-      config.AGENT_INTEROP_SECRET &&
-      req.body.overrideWhitelist === config.AGENT_INTEROP_SECRET
-    )
-  ) {
-    return res.status(400).json({
-      success: false,
-      error:
-        "Agent beta is not enabled for your team. Please contact support@firecrawl.com to join the beta.",
-    });
+    throw new Error("Agent beta is not enabled.");
   }
 
   let freeRequest: any;
diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/extract.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/extract.ts
index 144c59055..d2ee361ee 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/extract.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v2/extract.ts
@@ -50,18 +50,7 @@ export async function extractController(
 
   if (req.body.agent?.model === "v3-beta") {
     if (!config.EXTRACT_V3_BETA_URL) {
-      return res.status(400).json({
-        success: false,
-        error: "Agent beta is not enabled.",
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (!req.acuc?.flags?.extractV3Beta) {
-      return res.status(400).json({
-        success: false,
-        error:
-          "Agent beta is not enabled for your team. Please contact support@firecrawl.com to join the beta.",
-      });
+      throw new Error("Agent beta is not enabled.");
     }
 
     if (!req.body.prompt) {