diff --git a/evennia/game_template/server/conf/proxy_plugins.py b/evennia/game_template/server/conf/proxy_plugins.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ac6c1969b..0000000000
--- a/evennia/game_template/server/conf/proxy_plugins.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Proxy plugin hooks.
-"""
-
-
-def start_proxy_service(web_root):
-    """
-    This plugin module can define user-created services for the Portal to
-    start. This is necessary for exposing web-based protocols.
-
-
-    """
-    return web_root
diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/portal.py b/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
index 3e0c64e12d..abbdb7f3a6 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/portal.py
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ except Exception:
 PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES = [
     mod_import(module) for module in make_iter(settings.PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES)
 ]
-
-PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES = [
-    mod_import(module) for module in make_iter(settings.PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES)
-]
-
 LOCKDOWN_MODE = settings.LOCKDOWN_MODE
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -357,9 +352,6 @@ if WEBSERVER_ENABLED:
                 web_root.putChild(b"webclientdata", ajax_webclient)
                 webclientstr = "webclient (ajax only)"
 
-                for plugin_module in PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES:
-                    web_root = plugin_module.start_proxy_service(web_root)
-
                 if WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_ENABLED and not websocket_started:
                     # start websocket client port for the webclient
                     # we only support one websocket client
diff --git a/evennia/settings_default.py b/evennia/settings_default.py
index fc08cacce1..5ecafb75b5 100644
--- a/evennia/settings_default.py
+++ b/evennia/settings_default.py
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES = ["server.conf.portal_services_plugins"]
 MSSP_META_MODULE = "server.conf.mssp"
 # Module for web plugins.
 WEB_PLUGINS_MODULE = "server.conf.web_plugins"
-# Module for Proxy plugins
-PROXY_PLUGIN_MODULES = ["server.conf.proxy_plugins"]
 # Tuple of modules implementing lock functions. All callable functions
 # inside these modules will be available as lock functions.
 LOCK_FUNC_MODULES = ("evennia.locks.lockfuncs", "server.conf.lockfuncs")