diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
index 672292bb629..e7e95ca9670 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
@@ -1285,12 +1285,6 @@ def wrap_in_middleware(app, global_conf, application_stack, **local_conf):
                 normalize_remote_user_email=conf.get("normalize_remote_user_email", False),
             ),
         )
-    # The recursive middleware allows for including requests in other
-    # requests or forwarding of requests, all on the server side.
-    if asbool(conf.get("use_recursive", True)):
-        from paste import recursive
-
-        app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, recursive.RecursiveMiddleware, args=(conf,))
 
     # Error middleware
     app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, ErrorMiddleware, args=(conf,))
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/reports/buildapp.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/reports/buildapp.py
index cdc57f477ae..da3e74d3a93 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/reports/buildapp.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/reports/buildapp.py
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ def wrap_in_middleware(app, global_conf, application_stack, **local_conf):
     # wrapped around the application (it can interact poorly with
     # other middleware):
     app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, httpexceptions.make_middleware, name="paste.httpexceptions", args=(conf,))
-    # The recursive middleware allows for including requests in other
-    # requests or forwarding of requests, all on the server side.
-    if asbool(conf.get("use_recursive", True)):
-        from paste import recursive
-
-        app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, recursive.RecursiveMiddleware, args=(conf,))
 
     # Error middleware
     app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, ErrorMiddleware, args=(conf,))
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/buildapp.py b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/buildapp.py
index ef0e5d9cefe..7565a7a2d98 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/buildapp.py
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/buildapp.py
@@ -259,12 +259,7 @@ def wrap_in_middleware(app, global_conf, application_stack, **local_conf):
                 normalize_remote_user_email=conf.get("normalize_remote_user_email", False),
             ),
         )
-    # The recursive middleware allows for including requests in other
-    # requests or forwarding of requests, all on the server side.
-    if asbool(conf.get("use_recursive", True)):
-        from paste import recursive
 
-        app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, recursive.RecursiveMiddleware, args=(conf,))
     # Transaction logging (apache access.log style)
     if asbool(conf.get("use_translogger", True)):
         from paste.translogger import TransLogger