diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-server.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-server.ts
index bc808b2532796..fa15dcb4b12ba 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-server.ts
@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ export async function initialize(opts: {
   renderServer.instance =
     require('./render-server') as typeof import('./render-server')
 
-  const randomBytes = new Uint8Array(8)
-  crypto.getRandomValues(randomBytes)
-  const middlewareSubrequestId = Buffer.from(randomBytes).toString('hex')
-  ;(globalThis as any)[Symbol.for('@next/middleware-subrequest-id')] =
-    middlewareSubrequestId
-
   const requestHandlerImpl: WorkerRequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     // internal headers should not be honored by the request handler
     if (!process.env.NEXT_PRIVATE_TEST_HEADERS) {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/server-ipc/utils.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/server-ipc/utils.ts
index 0b82fdb3f8df9..09dee95773625 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/server-ipc/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/server-ipc/utils.ts
@@ -57,16 +57,5 @@ export const filterInternalHeaders = (
     if (INTERNAL_HEADERS.includes(header)) {
       delete headers[header]
     }
-
-    // If this request didn't origin from this session we filter
-    // out the "x-middleware-subrequest" header so we don't skip
-    // middleware incorrectly
-    if (
-      header === 'x-middleware-subrequest' &&
-      headers['x-middleware-subrequest-id'] !==
-        (globalThis as any)[Symbol.for('@next/middleware-subrequest-id')]
-    ) {
-      delete headers['x-middleware-subrequest']
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/context.ts b/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/context.ts
index 0ee0fbc11dc81..b18b23726d97d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/context.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/context.ts
@@ -362,27 +362,6 @@ Learn More: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/edge-dynamic-code-evaluation`),
 
         init.headers = new Headers(init.headers ?? {})
 
-        // Forward subrequest header from incoming request to outgoing request
-        const store = requestStore.getStore()
-        if (
-          store?.headers.has('x-middleware-subrequest') &&
-          !init.headers.has('x-middleware-subrequest')
-        ) {
-          init.headers.set(
-            'x-middleware-subrequest',
-            store.headers.get('x-middleware-subrequest') ?? ''
-          )
-        }
-        init.headers.set(
-          'x-middleware-subrequest-id',
-          (globalThis as any)[Symbol.for('@next/middleware-subrequest-id')]
-        )
-
-        const prevs =
-          init.headers.get(`x-middleware-subrequest`)?.split(':') || []
-        const value = prevs.concat(options.moduleName).join(':')
-        init.headers.set('x-middleware-subrequest', value)
-
         if (!init.headers.has('user-agent')) {
           init.headers.set(`user-agent`, `Next.js Middleware`)
         }
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts b/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts
index e1ca75aae7450..3e1784bd8468c 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts
@@ -93,25 +93,6 @@ export async function getRuntimeContext(
 
 export const run = withTaggedErrors(async function runWithTaggedErrors(params) {
   const runtime = await getRuntimeContext(params)
-  const subreq = params.request.headers[`x-middleware-subrequest`]
-  const subrequests = typeof subreq === 'string' ? subreq.split(':') : []
-
-  const MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH = 5
-  const depth = subrequests.reduce(
-    (acc, curr) => (curr === params.name ? acc + 1 : acc),
-    0
-  )
-
-  if (depth >= MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH) {
-    return {
-      waitUntil: Promise.resolve(),
-      response: new runtime.context.Response(null, {
-        headers: {
-          'x-middleware-next': '1',
-        },
-      }),
-    }
-  }
 
   const edgeFunction: (args: {
     request: RequestData
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/app-routes-subrequests.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/app-routes-subrequests.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eeec56e0fb53a..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/app-routes-subrequests.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
-
-const bathPath = process.env.BASE_PATH ?? ''
-
-describe('app-routes-subrequests', () => {
-  const { next, skipped } = nextTestSetup({
-    files: __dirname,
-    skipDeployment: true,
-  })
-
-  if (skipped) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  it('shortcuts after 5 subrequests', async () => {
-    expect(JSON.parse(await next.render(bathPath + '/'))).toEqual({
-      count: 5,
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/app/route.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/app/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f083b407ad2cb..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/app/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server'
-
-export const runtime = 'edge'
-
-let count = 0
-
-export const GET = async (req: NextRequest) => {
-  await fetch(req.nextUrl)
-  count++
-  return NextResponse.json({ count })
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/next.config.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/next.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d54bad4c24cbe..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-routes-subrequests/next.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @type {import('next').NextConfig}
- */
-const config = {
-  typescript: {
-    ignoreBuildErrors: true,
-  },
-}
-
-module.exports = config
diff --git a/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts
index 7e50d4386ee07..00977bbbedc22 100644
--- a/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts
@@ -144,19 +144,6 @@ describe('Middleware Runtime', () => {
       }
     }
 
-    it('should filter request header properly', async () => {
-      const res = await next.fetch('/redirect-to-somewhere', {
-        headers: {
-          'x-middleware-subrequest':
-            'middleware:middleware:middleware:middleware:middleware',
-        },
-        redirect: 'manual',
-      })
-
-      expect(res.status).toBe(307)
-      expect(res.headers.get('location')).toContain('/somewhere')
-    })
-
     it('should handle 404 on fallback: false route correctly', async () => {
       const res = await next.fetch('/ssg-fallback-false/first')
       expect(res.status).toBe(200)