diff --git a/metrics/api/settings/local.py b/metrics/api/settings/local.py
index 8d0cf9636..656920a22 100644
--- a/metrics/api/settings/local.py
+++ b/metrics/api/settings/local.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-from metrics.api.settings import INSTALLED_APPS, MIDDLEWARE, ROOT_LEVEL_BASE_DIR
+from metrics.api.settings import ROOT_LEVEL_BASE_DIR
 
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = None
 
@@ -23,12 +23,3 @@
         "KEY_PREFIX": "reserved",
     },
 }
-
-# Debug toolbar configuration
-INSTALLED_APPS += ["debug_toolbar"]
-
-MIDDLEWARE += [
-    "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",
-]
-
-INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
diff --git a/metrics/api/urls_construction.py b/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
index 6000871c0..605fa09b7 100644
--- a/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
+++ b/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import debug_toolbar
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path, re_path, resolvers
 from django.views.static import serve
@@ -12,12 +10,11 @@
 from wagtail.admin import urls as wagtailadmin_urls
 from wagtail.api.v2.router import WagtailAPIRouter
 
-import config
 from cms.dashboard.views import LinkBrowseView
 from cms.dashboard.viewsets import CMSDraftPagesViewSet, CMSPagesAPIViewSet
 from cms.snippets.views import GlobalBannerView, MenuView
 from feedback.api.urls import construct_urlpatterns_for_feedback
-from metrics.api import enums
+from metrics.api import enums, settings
 from metrics.api.views import (
     AuditAPITimeSeriesViewSet,
     AuditCoreHeadlineViewSet,
@@ -216,11 +213,6 @@ def construct_public_api_urlpatterns(
     path("", include(static_urlpatterns)),
 ]
 
-if settings.DEBUG and config.APIENV == "LOCAL":
-    common_urlpatterns += [
-        path("__debug__/", include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
-    ]
-
 django_admin_urlpatterns = [
     # Django admin
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 5bbaab1e6..bd13a2d14 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -22,4 +22,3 @@ pytest-django==4.11.1
 pytest-random-order==1.2.0
 ruff==0.14.9
 stevedore==5.6.0
-django-debug-toolbar==6.1.0
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