diff --git a/backend/routers/developer.py b/backend/routers/developer.py
index 6d5961850df..e245541f667 100644
--- a/backend/routers/developer.py
+++ b/backend/routers/developer.py
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ class BatchActionItemsResponse(BaseModel):
     operation_id="listActionItems",
 )
 def get_action_items(
-    uid: str = Depends(with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_action_items_read, "dev:action_items_read")),
+    uid: str = Depends(get_uid_with_action_items_read),
     conversation_id: Optional[str] = None,
     completed: Optional[bool] = None,
     start_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ class DeveloperFolder(BaseModel):
 
 
 @router.get("/v1/dev/user/folders", response_model=List[DeveloperFolder], tags=["Folders"], operation_id="listFolders")
-def get_user_folders(uid: str = Depends(with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_conversations_read, "dev:conversations_read"))):
+def get_user_folders(uid: str = Depends(get_uid_with_conversations_read)):
     """
     Get all folders for the authenticated user.
 
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ def _serialize_goal_datetimes(goal: dict) -> dict:
 
 @router.get("/v1/dev/user/goals", tags=["Goals"], response_model=List[GoalResponse], operation_id="listGoals")
 def get_goals(
-    uid: str = Depends(with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_goals_read, "dev:goals_read")),
+    uid: str = Depends(get_uid_with_goals_read),
     limit: int = 10,
     include_inactive: bool = False,
 ):
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ def get_goals(
 @router.get("/v1/dev/user/goals/{goal_id}", tags=["Goals"], response_model=GoalResponse, operation_id="getGoal")
 def get_goal(
     goal_id: str,
-    uid: str = Depends(with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_goals_read, "dev:goals_read")),
+    uid: str = Depends(get_uid_with_goals_read),
 ):
     """
     Get a single goal by ID.
@@ -2125,7 +2125,7 @@ def update_goal_progress(
 def get_goal_history(
     goal_id: str,
     days: HistoryDays = 30,
-    uid: str = Depends(with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_goals_read, "dev:goals_read")),
+    uid: str = Depends(get_uid_with_goals_read),
 ) -> List[dict]:
     """
     Get progress history for a goal.
diff --git a/backend/tests/unit/test_dev_read_rate_limits.py b/backend/tests/unit/test_dev_read_rate_limits.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e9916cda70f..00000000000
--- a/backend/tests/unit/test_dev_read_rate_limits.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-"""Every Developer API read GET route must enforce a per-key read rate limit (issue #8713).
-
-The dev read policies (dev:conversations_read, dev:action_items_read, dev:goals_read) already
-exist in rate_limit_config, but the GET routes were declared with a bare scope dependency and
-no rate limit, so a single API key could poll them unbounded. This guards that each read
-dependency is wrapped with with_rate_limit and its intended policy.
-
-routers.developer builds a typesense client at import, so it cannot be imported in a bare unit
-test; this reads the source and asserts the wiring, matching the issue's acceptance criterion.
-"""
-
-from pathlib import Path
-
-_DEV = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / 'routers' / 'developer.py'
-
-
-def _developer_source() -> str:
-    return _DEV.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
-
-
-def test_dev_read_routes_are_rate_limited():
-    src = _developer_source()
-    # No read GET route may use the bare scope dependency; each must be rate-limited.
-    for dep in ('get_uid_with_conversations_read', 'get_uid_with_action_items_read', 'get_uid_with_goals_read'):
-        assert f'Depends({dep})' not in src, f'{dep} is used as a dependency without a rate limit'
-
-
-def test_dev_read_routes_use_intended_policies():
-    src = _developer_source()
-    assert 'with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_conversations_read, "dev:conversations_read")' in src
-    assert 'with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_action_items_read, "dev:action_items_read")' in src
-    assert 'with_rate_limit(get_uid_with_goals_read, "dev:goals_read")' in src