diff --git a/api/schema.js b/api/schema.js
index fcd1c1189f..0adb29cdb0 100644
--- a/api/schema.js
+++ b/api/schema.js
@@ -153,13 +153,4 @@ const schema = makeExecutableSchema({
   resolvers,
 });
 
-if (process.env.REACT_APP_MAINTENANCE_MODE === 'enabled') {
-  console.error('\n\n⚠️ ----MAINTENANCE MODE ENABLED----⚠️\n\n');
-  addSchemaLevelResolveFunction(schema, () => {
-    throw new UserError(
-      "We're currently undergoing planned maintenance. We'll be back by 3pm UTC, please check https://twitter.com/withspectrum for ongoing updates!"
-    );
-  });
-}
-
 module.exports = schema;
diff --git a/hyperion/renderer/index.js b/hyperion/renderer/index.js
index a2c951943f..6d0dd3f360 100644
--- a/hyperion/renderer/index.js
+++ b/hyperion/renderer/index.js
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@ import './browser-shim';
 const Routes = require('../../src/routes').default;
 import { initStore } from '../../src/store';
 
-const IN_MAINTENANCE_MODE =
-  process.env.REACT_APP_MAINTENANCE_MODE === 'enabled';
 const IS_PROD = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 const FORCE_DEV = process.env.FORCE_DEV;
 
-if (!IS_PROD || FORCE_DEV) console.log('Querying API at localhost:3001/api');
+if (!IS_PROD || FORCE_DEV) debug('Querying API at localhost:3001/api');
 
 const renderer = (req: express$Request, res: express$Response) => {
   res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ const renderer = (req: express$Request, res: express$Response) => {
         <HelmetProvider context={helmetContext}>
           <Provider store={store}>
             <StaticRouter location={req.url} context={routerContext}>
-              <Routes maintenanceMode={IN_MAINTENANCE_MODE} />
+              <Routes />
             </StaticRouter>
           </Provider>
         </HelmetProvider>
@@ -111,14 +109,9 @@ const renderer = (req: express$Request, res: express$Response) => {
         res.redirect(301, routerContext.url);
         return;
       }
-      // maintainance mode
-      if (IN_MAINTENANCE_MODE) {
-        debug('maintainance mode enabled, sending 503');
-        res.status(503);
-        res.set('Retry-After', '3600');
-      } else {
-        res.status(200);
-      }
+
+      res.status(200);
+
       const state = store.getState();
       const data = client.extract();
       const { helmet } = helmetContext;
diff --git a/src/components/emailInvitationForm/index.js b/src/components/emailInvitationForm/index.js
index fefa35681b..719bab86d6 100644
--- a/src/components/emailInvitationForm/index.js
+++ b/src/components/emailInvitationForm/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { addToastWithTimeout } from '../../actions/toasts';
 import Icon from '../icons';
 import isEmail from 'validator/lib/isEmail';
 import sendCommunityEmailInvitations from 'shared/graphql/mutations/community/sendCommunityEmailInvites';
-// import sendChannelEmailInvitations from 'shared/graphql/mutations/community/sendCommunityEmailInvites';
 import { Button } from '../buttons';
 import { Error } from '../formElements';
 import { SectionCardFooter } from '../settingsViews/style';
diff --git a/src/components/maintenance/index.js b/src/components/maintenance/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8277e5f5bf..0000000000
--- a/src/components/maintenance/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-import React from 'react';
-import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { FlexCol } from '../globals';
-import { Tagline, Copy } from 'src/views/pages/style';
-import ViewSegment from '../../components/themedSection';
-
-const Emoji = styled.div`
-  font-size: 3em;
-  text-align: center;
-  line-height: 1.5em;
-  margin-bottom: 0.25em;
-`;
-
-const Wrapper = styled(FlexCol)`
-  margin: 0 auto;
-  text-align: center;
-`;
-const Text = styled(Copy)`
-  font-size: 20px;
-  line-height: 1.3;
-  font-weight: 500;
-  opacity: 0.95;
-  margin: 0 auto;
-  max-width: none;
-
-  a {
-    text-decoration: underline;
-  }
-
-  @media (max-width: 768px) {
-    font-size: 20px;
-    text-align: center;
-  }
-`;
-
-const MaintenanceDowntime = () => {
-  const timeInUTC = 'September 25, 2017 15:00:00 UTC';
-  return (
-    <ViewSegment background="constellations">
-      <Wrapper>
-        <Emoji>🛠</Emoji>
-        <Tagline>Spectrum is currently undergoing maintenance</Tagline>
-        <Text>
-          We'll be back by 3pm UTC ({new Date(timeInUTC)
-            .toLocaleTimeString()
-            .replace(/:\d\d:\d\d\s/, '')
-            .toLowerCase()}{' '}
-          your time), check{' '}
-          <a href="https://twitter.com/withspectrum">
-            @withspectrum on Twitter
-          </a>{' '}
-          for updates.
-        </Text>
-      </Wrapper>
-    </ViewSegment>
-  );
-};
-
-export default MaintenanceDowntime;
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 2d0c7a2655..c761d4ab8e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ function render() {
       <HelmetProvider>
         <ApolloProvider client={client}>
           <Router history={history}>
-            <Routes
-              maintenanceMode={
-                process.env.REACT_APP_MAINTENANCE_MODE === 'enabled'
-              }
-            />
+            <Routes />
           </Router>
         </ApolloProvider>
       </HelmetProvider>
diff --git a/src/routes.js b/src/routes.js
index ca7bd08255..35af6d58ff 100644
--- a/src/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import Head from './components/head';
 import ModalRoot from './components/modals/modalRoot';
 import Gallery from './components/gallery';
 import Toasts from './components/toasts';
-import Maintenance from './components/maintenance';
 import { Loading, LoadingScreen } from './components/loading';
 import LoadingDashboard from './views/dashboard/components/dashboardLoading';
 import Composer from './components/composer';
@@ -146,11 +145,7 @@ const ComposerFallback = signedOutFallback(Composer, () => (
   <Redirect to="/login" />
 ));
 
-type Props = {
-  maintenanceMode?: boolean,
-};
-
-class Routes extends React.Component<Props> {
+class Routes extends React.Component<{||}> {
   componentDidMount() {
     const AMPLITUDE_API_KEY =
       process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
@@ -171,22 +166,6 @@ class Routes extends React.Component<Props> {
   render() {
     const { title, description } = generateMetaInfo();
 
-    if (this.props.maintenanceMode) {
-      return (
-        <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
-          <ScrollManager>
-            <Body>
-              <Head
-                title="Ongoing Maintenance - Spectrum"
-                description="Spectrum is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance downtime. Please check https://twitter.com/withspectrum for ongoing updates."
-              />
-              <Maintenance />
-            </Body>
-          </ScrollManager>
-        </ThemeProvider>
-      );
-    }
-
     return (
       <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
         <ErrorBoundary fallbackComponent={ErrorFallback}>