diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/eviction.ts b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/eviction.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cfb69f935a3..00000000000
--- a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/eviction.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
-import type { AuthenticatedSocket } from '@/middleware/auth'
-import type { IRoomManager } from '@/rooms'
-
-const logger = createLogger('SocketEviction')
-
-/**
- * Removes the calling socket from a workflow room after its access has been
- * revoked mid-session, so it immediately stops receiving broadcasts and can no
- * longer mutate workflow state.
- */
-export async function evictRevokedSocket(
-  roomManager: IRoomManager,
-  socket: AuthenticatedSocket,
-  workflowId: string
-): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    socket.leave(workflowId)
-    await roomManager.removeUserFromRoom(socket.id, workflowId)
-    await roomManager.broadcastPresenceUpdate(workflowId)
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error(`Failed to evict revoked socket ${socket.id} from workflow ${workflowId}`, error)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/operations.ts b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/operations.ts
index cb0298e6509..3fa4ac0f8e7 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/operations.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/operations.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ import { generateId } from '@sim/utils/id'
 import { assertWorkflowMutable, WorkflowLockedError } from '@sim/workflow-authz'
 import { ZodError } from 'zod'
 import { persistWorkflowOperation } from '@/database/operations'
-import { evictRevokedSocket } from '@/handlers/eviction'
 import type { AuthenticatedSocket } from '@/middleware/auth'
-import { authorizeSocketOperation } from '@/middleware/permissions'
+import { checkRolePermission } from '@/middleware/permissions'
 import type { IRoomManager, UserSession } from '@/rooms'
 
 const logger = createLogger('OperationsHandlers')
@@ -126,42 +125,15 @@ export function setupOperationsHandlers(socket: AuthenticatedSocket, roomManager
 
         await roomManager.updateUserActivity(workflowId, socket.id, { lastActivity: Date.now() })
 
-        // Re-validate the cached role against the live permissions table (bounded
-        // by a short TTL) so a revoked or downgraded collaborator cannot keep
-        // mutating the workflow on an already-connected socket.
-        const authorization = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-          roomManager,
-          workflowId,
-          socketId: socket.id,
-          userId: session.userId,
-          presence: userPresence,
-          operation,
-        })
-
-        if (authorization.accessRevoked) {
-          logger.warn(
-            `User ${session.userId} lost access to workflow ${workflowId}; evicting socket ${socket.id}`
-          )
-          emitOperationError(
-            {
-              type: 'ACCESS_REVOKED',
-              message: authorization.reason || 'Access to this workflow has been revoked',
-              operation,
-              target,
-            },
-            { error: authorization.reason || 'Access revoked', retryable: false }
-          )
-          await evictRevokedSocket(roomManager, socket, workflowId)
-          return
-        }
-
-        if (!authorization.allowed) {
+        // Check permissions using cached role (no DB query)
+        const permissionCheck = checkRolePermission(userPresence.role, operation)
+        if (!permissionCheck.allowed) {
           logger.warn(
-            `User ${session.userId} (role: ${authorization.role}) forbidden from ${operation} on ${target}`
+            `User ${session.userId} (role: ${userPresence.role}) forbidden from ${operation} on ${target}`
           )
           emitOperationError({
             type: 'INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS',
-            message: `${authorization.reason} on '${target}'`,
+            message: `${permissionCheck.reason} on '${target}'`,
             operation,
             target,
           })
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/subblocks.ts b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/subblocks.ts
index 8b7b44dbc85..1ee35d3e722 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/subblocks.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/subblocks.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import { getErrorMessage } from '@sim/utils/errors'
 import { assertWorkflowMutable, WorkflowLockedError } from '@sim/workflow-authz'
 import { isWorkflowBlockProtected } from '@sim/workflow-types/workflow'
 import { and, eq } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import { evictRevokedSocket } from '@/handlers/eviction'
 import type { AuthenticatedSocket } from '@/middleware/auth'
-import { authorizeSocketOperation } from '@/middleware/permissions'
+import { checkRolePermission } from '@/middleware/permissions'
 import type { IRoomManager } from '@/rooms'
 
 const logger = createLogger('SubblocksHandlers')
@@ -137,44 +136,18 @@ export function setupSubblocksHandlers(socket: AuthenticatedSocket, roomManager:
         return
       }
 
-      const authorization = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-        roomManager,
-        workflowId,
-        socketId: socket.id,
-        userId: session.userId,
-        presence: userPresence,
-        operation: SUBBLOCK_OPERATIONS.UPDATE,
-      })
-
-      if (authorization.accessRevoked) {
-        socket.emit('operation-forbidden', {
-          type: 'ACCESS_REVOKED',
-          message: authorization.reason || 'Access to this workflow has been revoked',
-          operation: SUBBLOCK_OPERATIONS.UPDATE,
-          target: 'subblock',
-        })
-        if (operationId) {
-          socket.emit('operation-failed', {
-            operationId,
-            error: authorization.reason || 'Access revoked',
-            retryable: false,
-          })
-        }
-        await evictRevokedSocket(roomManager, socket, workflowId)
-        return
-      }
-
-      if (!authorization.allowed) {
+      const permissionCheck = checkRolePermission(userPresence.role, SUBBLOCK_OPERATIONS.UPDATE)
+      if (!permissionCheck.allowed) {
         socket.emit('operation-forbidden', {
           type: 'INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS',
-          message: authorization.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
+          message: permissionCheck.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
           operation: SUBBLOCK_OPERATIONS.UPDATE,
           target: 'subblock',
         })
         if (operationId) {
           socket.emit('operation-failed', {
             operationId,
-            error: authorization.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
+            error: permissionCheck.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
             retryable: false,
           })
         }
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/variables.ts b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/variables.ts
index 630575e8e1c..41aeed3f83f 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/variables.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/variables.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ import { VARIABLE_OPERATIONS } from '@sim/realtime-protocol/constants'
 import { getErrorMessage } from '@sim/utils/errors'
 import { assertWorkflowMutable, WorkflowLockedError } from '@sim/workflow-authz'
 import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import { evictRevokedSocket } from '@/handlers/eviction'
 import type { AuthenticatedSocket } from '@/middleware/auth'
-import { authorizeSocketOperation } from '@/middleware/permissions'
+import { checkRolePermission } from '@/middleware/permissions'
 import type { IRoomManager } from '@/rooms'
 
 const logger = createLogger('VariablesHandlers')
@@ -125,44 +124,18 @@ export function setupVariablesHandlers(socket: AuthenticatedSocket, roomManager:
         return
       }
 
-      const authorization = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-        roomManager,
-        workflowId,
-        socketId: socket.id,
-        userId: session.userId,
-        presence: userPresence,
-        operation: VARIABLE_OPERATIONS.UPDATE,
-      })
-
-      if (authorization.accessRevoked) {
-        socket.emit('operation-forbidden', {
-          type: 'ACCESS_REVOKED',
-          message: authorization.reason || 'Access to this workflow has been revoked',
-          operation: VARIABLE_OPERATIONS.UPDATE,
-          target: 'variable',
-        })
-        if (operationId) {
-          socket.emit('operation-failed', {
-            operationId,
-            error: authorization.reason || 'Access revoked',
-            retryable: false,
-          })
-        }
-        await evictRevokedSocket(roomManager, socket, workflowId)
-        return
-      }
-
-      if (!authorization.allowed) {
+      const permissionCheck = checkRolePermission(userPresence.role, VARIABLE_OPERATIONS.UPDATE)
+      if (!permissionCheck.allowed) {
         socket.emit('operation-forbidden', {
           type: 'INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS',
-          message: authorization.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
+          message: permissionCheck.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
           operation: VARIABLE_OPERATIONS.UPDATE,
           target: 'variable',
         })
         if (operationId) {
           socket.emit('operation-failed', {
             operationId,
-            error: authorization.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
+            error: permissionCheck.reason || 'Insufficient permissions',
             retryable: false,
           })
         }
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/workflow.ts b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/workflow.ts
index 05ea8b8f41e..da977fcdb5e 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/handlers/workflow.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/handlers/workflow.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ export function setupWorkflowHandlers(socket: AuthenticatedSocket, roomManager:
         joinedAt: Date.now(),
         lastActivity: Date.now(),
         role: userRole,
-        roleCheckedAt: Date.now(),
         avatarUrl,
       }
 
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/index.test.ts b/apps/realtime/src/index.test.ts
index 588ed7e0e47..f2d6d8e6868 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/index.test.ts
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ vi.mock('@/middleware/permissions', () => ({
   checkRolePermission: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({
     allowed: true,
   }),
-  authorizeSocketOperation: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-    allowed: true,
-    role: 'admin',
-    accessRevoked: false,
-  }),
 }))
 
 vi.mock('@/database/operations', () => ({
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/middleware/authorize-socket-operation.test.ts b/apps/realtime/src/middleware/authorize-socket-operation.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b16783e0c6..00000000000
--- a/apps/realtime/src/middleware/authorize-socket-operation.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,248 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @vitest-environment node
- *
- * Tests for `authorizeSocketOperation` — the per-event role re-validation that
- * bounds how long a revoked or downgraded collaborator can keep mutating a
- * workflow on an already-connected socket.
- */
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-
-const { mockLimit, mockAuthorize } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  mockLimit: vi.fn(),
-  mockAuthorize: vi.fn(),
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@sim/db', () => ({
-  db: {
-    select: () => ({
-      from: () => ({
-        where: () => ({
-          limit: mockLimit,
-        }),
-      }),
-    }),
-  },
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@sim/db/schema', () => ({
-  workflow: {},
-}))
-
-vi.mock('drizzle-orm', () => ({
-  and: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-  eq: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-  isNull: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@sim/workflow-authz', () => ({
-  authorizeWorkflowByWorkspacePermission: mockAuthorize,
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@sim/logger', () => ({
-  createLogger: () => ({
-    info: vi.fn(),
-    warn: vi.fn(),
-    error: vi.fn(),
-    debug: vi.fn(),
-  }),
-}))
-
-import { authorizeSocketOperation } from '@/middleware/permissions'
-import type { UserPresence } from '@/rooms/types'
-
-const WRITE_OP = 'add' // a write/admin operation (not in READ_OPERATIONS)
-const READ_OP = 'update-position' // allowed for read role too
-
-function createManager() {
-  return {
-    updateUserRole: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
-  }
-}
-
-function createPresence(overrides?: Partial<UserPresence>): UserPresence {
-  return {
-    userId: 'user-1',
-    workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-    userName: 'Test User',
-    socketId: 'socket-1',
-    joinedAt: 1,
-    lastActivity: 1,
-    role: 'write',
-    roleCheckedAt: Date.now(),
-    ...overrides,
-  }
-}
-
-/** Configures the live-permission lookup to grant `role`, or deny when null. */
-function grant(role: string | null) {
-  mockLimit.mockResolvedValue([{ workspaceId: 'ws-1', name: 'WF' }])
-  if (role === null) {
-    mockAuthorize.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: false, message: 'denied' })
-  } else {
-    mockAuthorize.mockResolvedValue({ allowed: true, workspacePermission: role })
-  }
-}
-
-describe('authorizeSocketOperation', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.clearAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  it('uses the cached role without a DB read while the role is fresh', async () => {
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write', roleCheckedAt: Date.now() })
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: WRITE_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result).toEqual({
-      allowed: true,
-      role: 'write',
-      reason: undefined,
-      accessRevoked: false,
-    })
-    expect(mockAuthorize).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(mockLimit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('re-validates against the DB once the cached role is stale', async () => {
-    grant('write')
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write', roleCheckedAt: Date.now() - 60_000 })
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: WRITE_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result.allowed).toBe(true)
-    expect(result.accessRevoked).toBe(false)
-    expect(mockAuthorize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workflow-1', 'socket-1', 'write')
-  })
-
-  it('treats missing roleCheckedAt (pre-upgrade presence) as stale and re-validates', async () => {
-    grant('write')
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write' })
-    presence.roleCheckedAt = undefined
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: WRITE_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result.allowed).toBe(true)
-    expect(mockAuthorize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-  })
-
-  it('denies a write after a downgrade to read and refreshes the cached role', async () => {
-    grant('read')
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write', roleCheckedAt: Date.now() - 60_000 })
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: WRITE_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result.allowed).toBe(false)
-    expect(result.accessRevoked).toBe(false)
-    expect(result.role).toBe('read')
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workflow-1', 'socket-1', 'read')
-  })
-
-  it('still allows a read-tier op after a downgrade to read', async () => {
-    grant('read')
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write', roleCheckedAt: Date.now() - 60_000 })
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: READ_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result.allowed).toBe(true)
-    expect(result.role).toBe('read')
-  })
-
-  it('reports accessRevoked when workspace permission has been removed', async () => {
-    grant(null)
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write', roleCheckedAt: Date.now() - 60_000 })
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: WRITE_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result.accessRevoked).toBe(true)
-    expect(result.allowed).toBe(false)
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('reports accessRevoked when the workflow no longer exists', async () => {
-    mockLimit.mockResolvedValue([])
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write', roleCheckedAt: Date.now() - 60_000 })
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: WRITE_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result.accessRevoked).toBe(true)
-    expect(mockAuthorize).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('falls back to the cached role on a transient DB error (no lockout)', async () => {
-    mockLimit.mockRejectedValue(new Error('connection reset'))
-    const manager = createManager()
-    const presence = createPresence({ role: 'write', roleCheckedAt: Date.now() - 60_000 })
-
-    const result = await authorizeSocketOperation({
-      roomManager: manager as never,
-      workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-      socketId: 'socket-1',
-      userId: 'user-1',
-      presence,
-      operation: WRITE_OP,
-    })
-
-    expect(result.allowed).toBe(true)
-    expect(result.accessRevoked).toBe(false)
-    expect(result.role).toBe('write')
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-})
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/middleware/permissions.ts b/apps/realtime/src/middleware/permissions.ts
index 25435b69a5c..26a4d8c8542 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/middleware/permissions.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/middleware/permissions.ts
@@ -13,17 +13,9 @@ import {
 } from '@sim/realtime-protocol/constants'
 import { authorizeWorkflowByWorkspacePermission } from '@sim/workflow-authz'
 import { and, eq, isNull } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import type { IRoomManager, UserPresence } from '@/rooms/types'
 
 const logger = createLogger('SocketPermissions')
 
-/**
- * How long a cached role is trusted before it must be re-verified against the
- * live `permissions` table. Bounds the window in which a revoked or downgraded
- * collaborator can keep acting on a stale role on an already-connected socket.
- */
-const ROLE_REVALIDATION_TTL_MS = 15_000
-
 // Admin-only operations (require admin role)
 const ADMIN_ONLY_OPERATIONS: string[] = [BLOCKS_OPERATIONS.BATCH_TOGGLE_LOCKED]
 
@@ -91,63 +83,6 @@ export function checkRolePermission(
   return { allowed: true }
 }
 
-/**
- * Authorizes a mutating socket operation against the caller's *current* role.
- *
- * The role cached in presence is trusted only for `ROLE_REVALIDATION_TTL_MS`;
- * once stale it is re-verified against the live `permissions` table and the
- * refreshed role is written back to presence. This bounds how long a revoked or
- * downgraded collaborator can keep mutating a workflow on an already-connected
- * socket, complementing the push-based eviction triggered by the main app.
- *
- * Transient database failures during re-validation fall back to the last known
- * role (without refreshing the timestamp, so the next operation retries) rather
- * than locking out legitimate users during a blip.
- */
-export async function authorizeSocketOperation(params: {
-  roomManager: IRoomManager
-  workflowId: string
-  socketId: string
-  userId: string
-  presence: UserPresence
-  operation: string
-}): Promise<{ allowed: boolean; role: string; reason?: string; accessRevoked: boolean }> {
-  const { roomManager, workflowId, socketId, userId, presence, operation } = params
-
-  let role = presence.role
-  const lastChecked = presence.roleCheckedAt ?? 0
-  const isStale = Date.now() - lastChecked >= ROLE_REVALIDATION_TTL_MS
-
-  if (isStale) {
-    try {
-      const access = await verifyWorkflowAccess(userId, workflowId)
-      if (!access.hasAccess) {
-        return {
-          allowed: false,
-          role,
-          reason: 'Access to this workflow has been revoked',
-          accessRevoked: true,
-        }
-      }
-      role = access.role || 'read'
-      await roomManager.updateUserRole(workflowId, socketId, role)
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.warn(
-        `Failed to re-validate role for user ${userId} on workflow ${workflowId}; reusing cached role`,
-        error
-      )
-    }
-  }
-
-  const permissionCheck = checkRolePermission(role, operation)
-  return {
-    allowed: permissionCheck.allowed,
-    role,
-    reason: permissionCheck.reason,
-    accessRevoked: false,
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Verifies a user's access to a workflow via workspace permissions.
  *
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/access.test.ts b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/access.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b79cf9e8e8..00000000000
--- a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/access.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @vitest-environment node
- *
- * Tests for `reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange` — the push-driven reconciliation
- * that evicts users whose workspace access was revoked and refreshes the cached
- * role of users who were merely downgraded.
- */
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-
-const { mockWhere, mockVerifyWorkflowAccess } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  mockWhere: vi.fn(),
-  mockVerifyWorkflowAccess: vi.fn(),
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@sim/db', () => ({
-  db: {
-    select: () => ({
-      from: () => ({
-        where: mockWhere,
-      }),
-    }),
-  },
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@sim/db/schema', () => ({
-  workflow: {},
-}))
-
-vi.mock('drizzle-orm', () => ({
-  and: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-  eq: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-  isNull: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@sim/logger', () => ({
-  createLogger: () => ({
-    info: vi.fn(),
-    warn: vi.fn(),
-    error: vi.fn(),
-    debug: vi.fn(),
-  }),
-}))
-
-vi.mock('@/middleware/permissions', () => ({
-  verifyWorkflowAccess: mockVerifyWorkflowAccess,
-}))
-
-import { reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange } from '@/rooms/access'
-import type { UserPresence } from '@/rooms/types'
-
-function presence(socketId: string, userId: string, role = 'write'): UserPresence {
-  return {
-    userId,
-    workflowId: 'workflow-1',
-    userName: userId,
-    socketId,
-    joinedAt: 1,
-    lastActivity: 1,
-    role,
-  }
-}
-
-function createManager(users: UserPresence[]) {
-  const socketsLeave = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
-  const emit = vi.fn()
-  return {
-    socketsLeave,
-    emit,
-    hasWorkflowRoom: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
-    getWorkflowUsers: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(users),
-    updateUserRole: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
-    removeUserFromRoom: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('workflow-1'),
-    broadcastPresenceUpdate: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
-    io: {
-      to: vi.fn(() => ({ emit })),
-      in: vi.fn(() => ({ socketsLeave })),
-    },
-  }
-}
-
-describe('reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.clearAllMocks()
-    mockWhere.mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'workflow-1' }])
-  })
-
-  it('evicts every socket of a user whose access was revoked', async () => {
-    mockVerifyWorkflowAccess.mockResolvedValue({ hasAccess: false })
-    const manager = createManager([presence('socket-1', 'user-1'), presence('socket-2', 'user-1')])
-
-    await reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(manager as never, 'ws-1', 'user-1')
-
-    expect(manager.io.to).toHaveBeenCalledWith('socket-1')
-    expect(manager.io.to).toHaveBeenCalledWith('socket-2')
-    expect(manager.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'workflow-permissions-revoked',
-      expect.objectContaining({ workflowId: 'workflow-1' })
-    )
-    expect(manager.removeUserFromRoom).toHaveBeenCalledWith('socket-1', 'workflow-1')
-    expect(manager.removeUserFromRoom).toHaveBeenCalledWith('socket-2', 'workflow-1')
-    expect(manager.socketsLeave).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(manager.broadcastPresenceUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workflow-1')
-  })
-
-  it('refreshes the cached role without eviction on a downgrade', async () => {
-    mockVerifyWorkflowAccess.mockResolvedValue({ hasAccess: true, role: 'read' })
-    const manager = createManager([presence('socket-1', 'user-1', 'write')])
-
-    await reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(manager as never, 'ws-1', 'user-1')
-
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workflow-1', 'socket-1', 'read')
-    expect(manager.removeUserFromRoom).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(manager.socketsLeave).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(manager.emit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(manager.broadcastPresenceUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workflow-1')
-  })
-
-  it('does nothing for rooms where the user is not present', async () => {
-    const manager = createManager([presence('socket-9', 'someone-else')])
-
-    await reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(manager as never, 'ws-1', 'user-1')
-
-    expect(mockVerifyWorkflowAccess).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(manager.updateUserRole).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(manager.removeUserFromRoom).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('skips workflows that have no active room', async () => {
-    const manager = createManager([presence('socket-1', 'user-1')])
-    manager.hasWorkflowRoom.mockResolvedValue(false)
-
-    await reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(manager as never, 'ws-1', 'user-1')
-
-    expect(manager.getWorkflowUsers).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(mockVerifyWorkflowAccess).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('continues to other workflows when one room fails', async () => {
-    mockWhere.mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'workflow-1' }, { id: 'workflow-2' }])
-    mockVerifyWorkflowAccess.mockResolvedValue({ hasAccess: false })
-    const manager = createManager([presence('socket-1', 'user-1')])
-    manager.getWorkflowUsers
-      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('redis blip'))
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce([presence('socket-1', 'user-1')])
-
-    await reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(manager as never, 'ws-1', 'user-1')
-
-    // First workflow threw; second still evicted.
-    expect(manager.removeUserFromRoom).toHaveBeenCalledWith('socket-1', 'workflow-2')
-  })
-
-  it('returns without throwing when the workspace workflow lookup fails', async () => {
-    mockWhere.mockRejectedValue(new Error('db down'))
-    const manager = createManager([presence('socket-1', 'user-1')])
-
-    await expect(
-      reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(manager as never, 'ws-1', 'user-1')
-    ).resolves.toBeUndefined()
-    expect(manager.hasWorkflowRoom).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-})
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/access.ts b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/access.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b7ae62dd83d..00000000000
--- a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/access.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-import { db } from '@sim/db'
-import { workflow } from '@sim/db/schema'
-import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
-import { and, eq, isNull } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import { verifyWorkflowAccess } from '@/middleware/permissions'
-import type { IRoomManager } from '@/rooms/types'
-
-const logger = createLogger('RoomAccess')
-
-/**
- * Reconciles active realtime rooms with a user's current workspace permission.
- *
- * For every non-archived workflow in the workspace that has an active room
- * containing the user, the user's access is re-verified against the live
- * `permissions` table:
- * - If access was fully revoked, every one of the user's sockets is evicted from
- *   the room (works cross-pod via the Redis adapter) so they immediately stop
- *   receiving and persisting edits.
- * - If access was merely downgraded, the cached role is refreshed in place so
- *   subsequent operations are authorized against the new role without waiting for
- *   the per-presence revalidation TTL to elapse.
- */
-export async function reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(
-  manager: IRoomManager,
-  workspaceId: string,
-  userId: string
-): Promise<void> {
-  let workflows: { id: string }[]
-  try {
-    workflows = await db
-      .select({ id: workflow.id })
-      .from(workflow)
-      .where(and(eq(workflow.workspaceId, workspaceId), isNull(workflow.archivedAt)))
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error(`Failed to load workflows for workspace ${workspaceId} access change`, error)
-    return
-  }
-
-  for (const { id: workflowId } of workflows) {
-    try {
-      const hasRoom = await manager.hasWorkflowRoom(workflowId)
-      if (!hasRoom) continue
-
-      const users = await manager.getWorkflowUsers(workflowId)
-      const targets = users.filter((u) => u.userId === userId)
-      if (targets.length === 0) continue
-
-      const access = await verifyWorkflowAccess(userId, workflowId)
-
-      if (access.hasAccess) {
-        const role = access.role || 'read'
-        for (const target of targets) {
-          await manager.updateUserRole(workflowId, target.socketId, role)
-        }
-        await manager.broadcastPresenceUpdate(workflowId)
-        logger.info(
-          `Refreshed cached role to '${role}' for user ${userId} on workflow ${workflowId}`
-        )
-        continue
-      }
-
-      for (const target of targets) {
-        manager.io.to(target.socketId).emit('workflow-permissions-revoked', {
-          workflowId,
-          message: 'Your access to this workflow has been revoked',
-          timestamp: Date.now(),
-        })
-        await manager.removeUserFromRoom(target.socketId, workflowId)
-        await manager.io.in(target.socketId).socketsLeave(workflowId)
-      }
-      await manager.broadcastPresenceUpdate(workflowId)
-      logger.info(
-        `Evicted ${targets.length} socket(s) for revoked user ${userId} from workflow ${workflowId}`
-      )
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.error(`Failed to reconcile access for user ${userId} on workflow ${workflowId}`, error)
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/memory-manager.ts b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/memory-manager.ts
index e837657fd1c..a032e785bb5 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/memory-manager.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/memory-manager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import type { Server } from 'socket.io'
-import { reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange } from '@/rooms/access'
 import type { IRoomManager, UserPresence, UserSession, WorkflowRoom } from '@/rooms/types'
 
 const logger = createLogger('MemoryRoomManager')
@@ -127,17 +126,6 @@ export class MemoryRoomManager implements IRoomManager {
     }
   }
 
-  async updateUserRole(workflowId: string, socketId: string, role: string): Promise<void> {
-    const room = this.workflowRooms.get(workflowId)
-    if (!room) return
-
-    const presence = room.users.get(socketId)
-    if (presence) {
-      presence.role = role
-      presence.roleCheckedAt = Date.now()
-    }
-  }
-
   async updateRoomLastModified(workflowId: string): Promise<void> {
     const room = this.workflowRooms.get(workflowId)
     if (room) {
@@ -267,9 +255,4 @@ export class MemoryRoomManager implements IRoomManager {
 
     logger.info(`Notified ${room.users.size} users about workflow deployment change: ${workflowId}`)
   }
-
-  async handleWorkspaceAccessChange(workspaceId: string, userId: string): Promise<void> {
-    logger.info(`Handling workspace access change for user ${userId} in workspace ${workspaceId}`)
-    await reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(this, workspaceId, userId)
-  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/redis-manager.ts b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/redis-manager.ts
index 653c0b467de..0e6b3eadf2b 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/redis-manager.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/redis-manager.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import { createClient, type RedisClientType } from 'redis'
 import type { Server } from 'socket.io'
-import { reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange } from '@/rooms/access'
 import type { IRoomManager, UserPresence, UserSession } from '@/rooms/types'
 
 const logger = createLogger('RedisRoomManager')
@@ -97,30 +96,6 @@ redis.call('EXPIRE', socketPresenceWorkflowKey, presenceWorkflowTtl)
 return 1
 `
 
-/**
- * Lua script for atomically updating a user's cached role and verification
- * timestamp. Read-modify-write under a single script so a concurrent activity
- * update on the same presence field cannot clobber the refreshed role.
- */
-const UPDATE_ROLE_SCRIPT = `
-local workflowUsersKey = KEYS[1]
-local socketId = ARGV[1]
-local role = ARGV[2]
-local roleCheckedAt = ARGV[3]
-
-local existingJson = redis.call('HGET', workflowUsersKey, socketId)
-if not existingJson then
-  return 0
-end
-
-local existing = cjson.decode(existingJson)
-existing.role = role
-existing.roleCheckedAt = tonumber(roleCheckedAt)
-
-redis.call('HSET', workflowUsersKey, socketId, cjson.encode(existing))
-return 1
-`
-
 /**
  * Redis-backed room manager for multi-pod deployments.
  * Uses Lua scripts for atomic operations to prevent race conditions.
@@ -131,7 +106,6 @@ export class RedisRoomManager implements IRoomManager {
   private isConnected = false
   private removeUserScriptSha: string | null = null
   private updateActivityScriptSha: string | null = null
-  private updateRoleScriptSha: string | null = null
 
   constructor(io: Server, redisUrl: string) {
     this._io = io
@@ -177,7 +151,6 @@ export class RedisRoomManager implements IRoomManager {
       // Pre-load Lua scripts for better performance
       this.removeUserScriptSha = await this.redis.scriptLoad(REMOVE_USER_SCRIPT)
       this.updateActivityScriptSha = await this.redis.scriptLoad(UPDATE_ACTIVITY_SCRIPT)
-      this.updateRoleScriptSha = await this.redis.scriptLoad(UPDATE_ROLE_SCRIPT)
 
       logger.info('RedisRoomManager connected to Redis and scripts loaded')
     } catch (error) {
@@ -358,32 +331,6 @@ export class RedisRoomManager implements IRoomManager {
     }
   }
 
-  async updateUserRole(
-    workflowId: string,
-    socketId: string,
-    role: string,
-    retried = false
-  ): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.updateRoleScriptSha) {
-      logger.error('updateUserRole called before initialize()')
-      return
-    }
-
-    try {
-      await this.redis.evalSha(this.updateRoleScriptSha, {
-        keys: [KEYS.workflowUsers(workflowId)],
-        arguments: [socketId, role, Date.now().toString()],
-      })
-    } catch (error) {
-      if ((error as Error).message?.includes('NOSCRIPT') && !retried) {
-        logger.warn('Lua script not found, reloading...')
-        this.updateRoleScriptSha = await this.redis.scriptLoad(UPDATE_ROLE_SCRIPT)
-        return this.updateUserRole(workflowId, socketId, role, true)
-      }
-      logger.error(`Failed to update user role: ${socketId}`, error)
-    }
-  }
-
   async updateRoomLastModified(workflowId: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.redis.hSet(KEYS.workflowMeta(workflowId), 'lastModified', Date.now().toString())
   }
@@ -510,9 +457,4 @@ export class RedisRoomManager implements IRoomManager {
     const userCount = await this.getUniqueUserCount(workflowId)
     logger.info(`Notified ${userCount} users about workflow deployment change: ${workflowId}`)
   }
-
-  async handleWorkspaceAccessChange(workspaceId: string, userId: string): Promise<void> {
-    logger.info(`Handling workspace access change for user ${userId} in workspace ${workspaceId}`)
-    await reconcileWorkspaceAccessChange(this, workspaceId, userId)
-  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/types.ts b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/types.ts
index b9da9cf7e49..9553a427e1e 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/rooms/types.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/rooms/types.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ export interface UserPresence {
   joinedAt: number
   lastActivity: number
   role: string
-  /**
-   * Timestamp (ms) of the last time `role` was verified against the live
-   * `permissions` table. Used to bound how long a revoked or downgraded
-   * collaborator can keep acting on a stale, cached role.
-   */
-  roleCheckedAt?: number
   cursor?: { x: number; y: number }
   selection?: { type: 'block' | 'edge' | 'none'; id?: string }
   avatarUrl?: string | null
@@ -105,12 +99,6 @@ export interface IRoomManager {
     updates: Partial<Pick<UserPresence, 'cursor' | 'selection' | 'lastActivity'>>
   ): Promise<void>
 
-  /**
-   * Update a user's cached workspace role and refresh its verification
-   * timestamp. Called after re-validating access against the database.
-   */
-  updateUserRole(workflowId: string, socketId: string, role: string): Promise<void>
-
   /**
    * Update room's lastModified timestamp
    */
@@ -155,11 +143,4 @@ export interface IRoomManager {
    * Handle workflow deployment change - notify users to refresh deployment state
    */
   handleWorkflowDeployed(workflowId: string): Promise<void>
-
-  /**
-   * Handle a workspace permission change for a user. Evicts the user from any
-   * active workflow rooms in the workspace where their access has been revoked,
-   * and refreshes their cached role where access was merely downgraded.
-   */
-  handleWorkspaceAccessChange(workspaceId: string, userId: string): Promise<void>
 }
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/routes/http.ts b/apps/realtime/src/routes/http.ts
index 3ecfcbd6650..0f8ed73cc52 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/routes/http.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/routes/http.ts
@@ -150,25 +150,6 @@ export function createHttpHandler(roomManager: IRoomManager, logger: Logger) {
       return
     }
 
-    // Handle workspace permission change notifications from the main API.
-    // Evicts users whose access was revoked and refreshes downgraded roles.
-    if (req.method === 'POST' && req.url === '/api/permissions-updated') {
-      try {
-        const body = await readRequestBody(req)
-        const { workspaceId, userId } = JSON.parse(body)
-        if (typeof workspaceId !== 'string' || typeof userId !== 'string') {
-          sendError(res, 'workspaceId and userId are required', 400)
-          return
-        }
-        await roomManager.handleWorkspaceAccessChange(workspaceId, userId)
-        sendSuccess(res)
-      } catch (error) {
-        logger.error('Error handling permissions update notification:', error)
-        sendError(res, 'Failed to process permissions update notification')
-      }
-      return
-    }
-
     res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
     res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Not found' }))
   }
diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/routes/permissions-updated.test.ts b/apps/realtime/src/routes/permissions-updated.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ecd8751b30..00000000000
--- a/apps/realtime/src/routes/permissions-updated.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @vitest-environment node
- *
- * Tests for the `/api/permissions-updated` HTTP endpoint that the main app calls
- * to reconcile realtime rooms after a workspace permission change.
- */
-import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
-import { Readable } from 'node:stream'
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { createHttpHandler } from '@/routes/http'
-
-const API_KEY = 'test-internal-api-secret-at-least-32-chars'
-
-function createLogger() {
-  return { info: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn(), debug: vi.fn(), warn: vi.fn() }
-}
-
-function createRoomManager(overrides?: Record<string, unknown>) {
-  return {
-    isReady: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
-    handleWorkspaceAccessChange: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
-    ...overrides,
-  }
-}
-
-function createRequest(body: unknown, headers: Record<string, string> = {}): IncomingMessage {
-  const req = Readable.from([
-    typeof body === 'string' ? body : JSON.stringify(body),
-  ]) as unknown as IncomingMessage
-  req.method = 'POST'
-  req.url = '/api/permissions-updated'
-  req.headers = headers
-  return req
-}
-
-function createResponse() {
-  const res = {
-    statusCode: 0,
-    body: '',
-    writeHead: vi.fn((status: number) => {
-      res.statusCode = status
-      return res
-    }),
-    end: vi.fn((chunk?: string) => {
-      if (chunk) res.body = chunk
-    }),
-  }
-  return res as unknown as ServerResponse & { statusCode: number; body: string }
-}
-
-async function invoke(roomManager: ReturnType<typeof createRoomManager>, req: IncomingMessage) {
-  const res = createResponse()
-  const handler = createHttpHandler(roomManager as never, createLogger())
-  await handler(req, res)
-  return res
-}
-
-describe('POST /api/permissions-updated', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.clearAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  it('rejects requests without a valid internal API key', async () => {
-    const roomManager = createRoomManager()
-    const res = await invoke(roomManager, createRequest({ workspaceId: 'ws-1', userId: 'user-1' }))
-
-    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(401)
-    expect(roomManager.handleWorkspaceAccessChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('returns 400 when workspaceId or userId is missing', async () => {
-    const roomManager = createRoomManager()
-    const res = await invoke(
-      roomManager,
-      createRequest({ workspaceId: 'ws-1' }, { 'x-api-key': API_KEY })
-    )
-
-    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(400)
-    expect(roomManager.handleWorkspaceAccessChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('delegates to handleWorkspaceAccessChange on a valid request', async () => {
-    const roomManager = createRoomManager()
-    const res = await invoke(
-      roomManager,
-      createRequest({ workspaceId: 'ws-1', userId: 'user-1' }, { 'x-api-key': API_KEY })
-    )
-
-    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200)
-    expect(roomManager.handleWorkspaceAccessChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ws-1', 'user-1')
-  })
-
-  it('returns 503 when the room manager is not ready', async () => {
-    const roomManager = createRoomManager({ isReady: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false) })
-    const res = await invoke(
-      roomManager,
-      createRequest({ workspaceId: 'ws-1', userId: 'user-1' }, { 'x-api-key': API_KEY })
-    )
-
-    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(503)
-    expect(roomManager.handleWorkspaceAccessChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('returns 500 when reconciliation throws', async () => {
-    const roomManager = createRoomManager({
-      handleWorkspaceAccessChange: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('boom')),
-    })
-    const res = await invoke(
-      roomManager,
-      createRequest({ workspaceId: 'ws-1', userId: 'user-1' }, { 'x-api-key': API_KEY })
-    )
-
-    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(500)
-  })
-})
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/[id]/permissions/route.ts b/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/[id]/permissions/route.ts
index bf4d13856d7..8e9bbd5bf32 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/[id]/permissions/route.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/[id]/permissions/route.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { getSession } from '@/lib/auth'
 import { withRouteHandler } from '@/lib/core/utils/with-route-handler'
 import { syncWorkspaceEnvCredentials } from '@/lib/credentials/environment'
 import { captureServerEvent } from '@/lib/posthog/server'
-import { notifyWorkspaceAccessChanged } from '@/lib/workspaces/permissions/realtime'
 import {
   checkWorkspaceAccess,
   getUserEntityPermissions,
@@ -197,14 +196,6 @@ export const PATCH = withRouteHandler(
         })
       }
 
-      // Reconcile active realtime rooms so downgraded collaborators lose write
-      // access promptly instead of riding their cached role until disconnect.
-      await Promise.all(
-        body.updates
-          .filter((update) => permLookup.get(update.userId)?.permission !== update.permissions)
-          .map((update) => notifyWorkspaceAccessChanged(workspaceId, update.userId))
-      )
-
       const updatedUsers = await getUsersWithPermissions(workspaceId)
 
       for (const update of body.updates) {
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/members/[id]/route.ts b/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/members/[id]/route.ts
index ce18f3f306d..8679aea74c5 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/members/[id]/route.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/members/[id]/route.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { reconcileOrganizationSeats } from '@/lib/billing/organizations/seats'
 import { withRouteHandler } from '@/lib/core/utils/with-route-handler'
 import { revokeWorkspaceCredentialMembershipsTx } from '@/lib/credentials/access'
 import { captureServerEvent } from '@/lib/posthog/server'
-import { notifyWorkspaceAccessChanged } from '@/lib/workspaces/permissions/realtime'
 import { hasWorkspaceAdminAccess } from '@/lib/workspaces/permissions/utils'
 import {
   reassignWorkflowOwnershipForWorkspaceMemberRemovalTx,
@@ -156,10 +155,6 @@ export const DELETE = withRouteHandler(
         }
       )
 
-      // Evict the removed user from any active realtime workflow rooms so their
-      // live read/write access ends immediately, not just on the next REST call.
-      await notifyWorkspaceAccessChanged(workspaceId, userId)
-
       /**
        * Seats are tied to organization membership (one per member), so a
        * single-workspace removal only drops a seat when it leaves the member
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/workspaces/permissions/realtime.ts b/apps/sim/lib/workspaces/permissions/realtime.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 60c2d7fc8fc..00000000000
--- a/apps/sim/lib/workspaces/permissions/realtime.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
-import { env } from '@/lib/core/config/env'
-import { getSocketServerUrl } from '@/lib/core/utils/urls'
-
-const logger = createLogger('WorkspacePermissionsRealtime')
-
-/**
- * Notifies the realtime server that a user's workspace permission changed so it
- * can reconcile any active workflow rooms — evicting the user where access was
- * revoked and refreshing their cached role where it was downgraded.
- *
- * Best-effort: failures are logged but never block the permission mutation, and
- * the realtime server independently re-validates cached roles on a short TTL.
- */
-export async function notifyWorkspaceAccessChanged(
-  workspaceId: string,
-  userId: string
-): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    const response = await fetch(`${getSocketServerUrl()}/api/permissions-updated`, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        'x-api-key': env.INTERNAL_API_SECRET,
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify({ workspaceId, userId }),
-    })
-
-    if (!response.ok) {
-      logger.warn(
-        `Failed to notify realtime of access change for user ${userId} in workspace ${workspaceId} (${response.status})`
-      )
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.warn(
-      `Error notifying realtime of access change for user ${userId} in workspace ${workspaceId}`,
-      { error }
-    )
-  }
-}