diff --git a/taccsite_cms/custom_app_settings.example.py b/taccsite_cms/custom_app_settings.example.py
index 8f58b8a1a..fb9165c55 100644
--- a/taccsite_cms/custom_app_settings.example.py
+++ b/taccsite_cms/custom_app_settings.example.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 CUSTOM_APPS = ['apps.custom_example', 'apps.djangocms_blog_customizations']
-CUSTOM_MIDDLEWARE = ['taccsite_cms.middleware.settings.DynamicSiteIdMiddleware']
+CUSTOM_MIDDLEWARE = []
 STATICFILES_DIRS = ()
diff --git a/taccsite_cms/middleware/settings.py b/taccsite_cms/middleware/settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f96761211..000000000
--- a/taccsite_cms/middleware/settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-from django.conf import settings
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
-from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
-
-class DynamicSiteIdMiddleware:
-    def __init__(self, get_response):
-        self.get_response = get_response
-
-    def __call__(self, request):
-        # One-time configuration and initialization.
-        try:
-            current_site = Site.objects.get(domain=request.get_host())
-        except Site.DoesNotExist:
-            current_site = Site.objects.get(id=settings.DEFAULT_SITE_ID)
-
-        request.current_site = current_site
-        settings.SITE_ID = current_site.id
-
-        response = self.get_response(request)
-        return response