diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
index 8b5e777..bb68275 100644
--- a/backend/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/backend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,26 +42,5 @@ services:
       retries: 3
       start_period: 40s
 
-  frontend:
-    build:
-      context: ..
-      dockerfile: web/normogen-web/Dockerfile
-    container_name: normogen-frontend
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    ports:
-      - "8080:8080"
-    environment:
-      - BACKEND_URL=http://backend:6500
-      - FRONTEND_PORT=8080
-    depends_on:
-      backend:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-sf", "http://localhost:8080/"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 10s
-
 volumes:
   mongodb_data:
diff --git a/web/frontend-server/Cargo.toml b/web/frontend-server/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 00b6189..0000000
--- a/web/frontend-server/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "normogen-frontend-server"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "normogen-frontend-server"
-path = "src/main.rs"
-
-[dependencies]
-axum = "0.7"
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
-reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/web/frontend-server/src/main.rs b/web/frontend-server/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e55427b..0000000
--- a/web/frontend-server/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-//! Normogen frontend server — a minimal Axum app that:
-//!
-//! 1. Reverse-proxies `/api/*` requests to the backend container.
-//! 2. Serves the built Vite SPA bundle from `dist/` (static files).
-//! 3. Falls back to `index.html` for any unmatched route (SPA history mode).
-
-use axum::{
-    body::Body,
-    extract::{Request, State},
-    http::StatusCode,
-    response::{IntoResponse, Response},
-    routing::any,
-    Router,
-};
-use std::env;
-use tower_http::services::{ServeDir, ServeFile};
-use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
-
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct ProxyState {
-    backend_url: String,
-    client: reqwest::Client,
-}
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    let backend_url =
-        env::var("BACKEND_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "http://backend:6500".to_string());
-    let port: u16 = env::var("FRONTEND_PORT")
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "8080".to_string())
-        .parse()
-        .expect("FRONTEND_PORT must be a number");
-
-    let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
-        .build()
-        .expect("failed to build reqwest client");
-
-    let state = ProxyState {
-        backend_url: backend_url.clone(),
-        client,
-    };
-
-    // Static file serving with SPA fallback.
-    let serve_dir = ServeDir::new("dist").fallback(ServeFile::new("dist/index.html"));
-
-    let app = Router::new()
-        // Proxy /api and everything under /api/ to the backend.
-        .route("/api", any(proxy_to_backend))
-        .route("/api/*path", any(proxy_to_backend))
-        .with_state(state)
-        // Everything else: static files + SPA fallback.
-        .fallback_service(serve_dir)
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
-
-    let addr = format!("0.0.0.0:{port}");
-    eprintln!("Frontend server listening on {addr}");
-    eprintln!("Proxying /api/* to {backend_url}");
-    eprintln!("Serving static files from dist/");
-
-    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr).await.expect("bind failed");
-    axum::serve(listener, app).await.expect("server error");
-}
-
-/// Forward a request to the backend, preserving method, headers, body, and
-/// query string. Return the backend's response.
-async fn proxy_to_backend(
-    State(state): State<ProxyState>,
-    req: Request,
-) -> Response {
-    let path = req.uri().path();
-    let query = req.uri().query().map(|q| format!("?{q}")).unwrap_or_default();
-    let target_url = format!("{}{}{}", state.backend_url, path, query);
-
-    let method = reqwest::Method::from_bytes(req.method().as_str().as_bytes())
-        .unwrap_or(reqwest::Method::GET);
-
-    let mut headers = reqwest::header::HeaderMap::new();
-    for (name, value) in req.headers().iter() {
-        if name == "host" {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if let (Ok(n), Ok(v)) = (
-            reqwest::header::HeaderName::from_bytes(name.as_str().as_bytes()),
-            reqwest::header::HeaderValue::from_bytes(value.as_bytes()),
-        ) {
-            headers.insert(n, v);
-        }
-    }
-
-    let body_bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(req.into_body(), usize::MAX)
-        .await
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-
-    let backend_req = state
-        .client
-        .request(method, &target_url)
-        .headers(headers)
-        .body(body_bytes);
-
-    let backend_resp = match backend_req.send().await {
-        Ok(r) => r,
-        Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("Proxy error to {target_url}: {e}");
-            return (StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY, "Failed to reach backend").into_response();
-        }
-    };
-
-    let status = StatusCode::from_u16(backend_resp.status().as_u16())
-        .unwrap_or(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-
-    let mut resp_headers = axum::http::HeaderMap::new();
-    for (name, value) in backend_resp.headers().iter() {
-        if let (Ok(n), Ok(v)) = (
-            axum::http::HeaderName::from_bytes(name.as_str().as_bytes()),
-            axum::http::HeaderValue::from_bytes(value.as_bytes()),
-        ) {
-            resp_headers.insert(n, v);
-        }
-    }
-
-    let body = backend_resp.bytes().await.unwrap_or_default();
-
-    let mut response = Response::new(Body::from(body));
-    *response.status_mut() = status;
-    *response.headers_mut() = resp_headers;
-    response
-}
diff --git a/web/normogen-web/Dockerfile b/web/normogen-web/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index a456606..0000000
--- a/web/normogen-web/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Multi-stage Dockerfile for the Normogen frontend server.
-#
-# Stage 1: Build the Vite SPA bundle.
-# Stage 2: Build the Axum frontend-server binary.
-# Stage 3: Slim runtime with the binary + static files.
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Stage 1: Node — build the Vite SPA
-# ============================================================================
-FROM node:20-slim AS node-builder
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Copy package files and install deps.
-COPY web/normogen-web/package.json web/normogen-web/package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm ci
-
-# Copy the source and build.
-COPY web/normogen-web/ ./
-RUN npm run build
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Stage 2: Rust — build the frontend-server binary
-# ============================================================================
-FROM rust:latest AS rust-builder
-
-WORKDIR /server
-
-# Copy the frontend-server crate.
-COPY web/frontend-server/ ./
-
-# Build release.
-RUN cargo build --release
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Stage 3: Runtime — slim image with binary + static files
-# ============================================================================
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    ca-certificates \
-    curl \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Copy the frontend-server binary.
-COPY --from=rust-builder /server/target/release/normogen-frontend-server /app/frontend-server
-
-# Copy the built static files.
-COPY --from=node-builder /app/dist /app/dist
-
-EXPOSE 8080
-
-CMD ["./frontend-server"]