diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 609730d223..76a1aa1766 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ end
 
 group :test, :development do
   # Pretty printed test output
-  gem 'atomic'
   gem 'awesome_print'
   gem 'bullet'
   gem 'capybara'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8abfe2d20f..b7262085f8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ GEM
     angularjs-rails (1.5.5)
     arel (9.0.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
-    atomic (1.1.101)
     awesome_nested_set (3.4.0)
       activerecord (>= 4.0.0, < 7.0)
     awesome_print (1.9.2)
@@ -631,7 +630,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   angular_rails_csrf
   angularjs-file-upload-rails (~> 2.4.1)
   angularjs-rails (= 1.5.5)
-  atomic
   awesome_nested_set
   awesome_print
   aws-sdk (= 1.67.0)
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index e5acc6e253..791b4bcb2e 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ Openfoodnetwork::Application.configure do
   # Print deprecation notices to the stderr
   config.active_support.deprecation = :stderr
 
-  # To block requests before running the database cleaner
-  require 'open_food_network/rack_request_blocker'
-  # Make sure the middleware is inserted first in middleware chain
-  config.middleware.insert_before(ActionDispatch::Static, RackRequestBlocker)
-
   config.active_job.queue_adapter = :test
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/open_food_network/rack_request_blocker.rb b/lib/open_food_network/rack_request_blocker.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 485564b225..0000000000
--- a/lib/open_food_network/rack_request_blocker.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-# Copied from http://blog.salsify.com/engineering/tearing-capybara-ajax-tests
-# https://gist.github.com/jturkel/9317269/raw/ff7838684370fd8a468ffe1e5ce1f3e46ba39951/rack_request_blocker.rb
-
-require 'atomic'
-
-# Rack middleware that keeps track of the number of active requests and can block new requests.
-class RackRequestBlocker
-  @@num_active_requests = Atomic.new(0)
-  @@block_requests = Atomic.new(false)
-
-  # Returns the number of requests the server is currently processing.
-  def self.num_active_requests
-    @@num_active_requests.value
-  end
-
-  # Prevents the server from accepting new requests. Any new requests will return an HTTP
-  # 503 status.
-  def self.block_requests!
-    @@block_requests.value = true
-  end
-
-  # Allows the server to accept requests again.
-  def self.allow_requests!
-    @@block_requests.value = false
-  end
-
-  def initialize(app)
-    @app = app
-  end
-
-  def call(env)
-    increment_active_requests
-    if block_requests?
-      block_request(env)
-    else
-      @app.call(env)
-    end
-  ensure
-    decrement_active_requests
-  end
-
-  def self.wait_for_requests_complete
-    block_requests!
-    max_wait_time = 30
-    polling_interval = 0.01
-    wait_until = Time.now.in_time_zone + max_wait_time.seconds
-    loop do
-      return if num_active_requests == 0
-      if Time.now.in_time_zone > wait_until
-        raise "Failed waiting for completing requests, #{num_active_requests} running."
-      else
-        sleep(polling_interval)
-      end
-    end
-  ensure
-    allow_requests!
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def block_requests?
-    @@block_requests.value
-  end
-
-  def block_request(_env)
-    [503, {}, []]
-  end
-
-  def increment_active_requests
-    @@num_active_requests.update { |v| v + 1 }
-  end
-
-  def decrement_active_requests
-    @@num_active_requests.update { |v| v - 1 }
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index b483c52be9..948a9ed9a9 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.after(:each)            { DatabaseCleaner.clean }
   config.after(:each, js: true) do
     Capybara.reset_sessions!
-    RackRequestBlocker.wait_for_requests_complete
   end
 
   def restart_driver