diff --git a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/Dockerfile b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/Dockerfile
index 5470da551..96fdc261f 100644
--- a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/Dockerfile
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ COPY --from=builder $HOME/.env.example .
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"]
+CMD ["node", "--max-http-header-size=10485760", "dist/index.js"]
diff --git a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/package.json b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/package.json
index 30eb63664..92cef53ac 100644
--- a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/package.json
+++ b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "npm run serve",
-    "serve": "node dist/index.js",
+    "serve": "node --max-http-header-size=10485760 dist/index.js",
     "dev": "nodemon",
     "prebuild": "rimraf dist",
     "build": "tsc",
diff --git a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/src/server.ts b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/src/server.ts
index deadb0996..c48d8e8fe 100644
--- a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/src/server.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ import store from './setup/store';
 import { COOKIE_SECRET } from './setup/env';
 import oidcAuth from './middleware/oidcAuth';
 import { updateApplicationCache } from './utils/applicationCache';
-import http from 'http';
-
-const MAX_HEADER_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024; // 16MB
-
-( http.globalAgent as http.Agent ).maxHeaderSize = MAX_HEADER_SIZE;
 
 const getServer = async () => {
   const server = express();
diff --git a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/src/types/http.d.ts b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/src/types/http.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3edfd5153..000000000
--- a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/src/types/http.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import * as http from 'http';
-
-declare module 'http' {
-    interface Agent {
-        maxHeaderSize?: number;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/tsconfig.json b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/tsconfig.json
index 7a71c16aa..49a94af48 100644
--- a/packages/reverse-proxy-service/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/reverse-proxy-service/tsconfig.json
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@
     // "baseUrl": "./",                             /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
     // "paths": {},                                 /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */
     // "rootDirs": [],                              /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
-    "typeRoots": [
-      "src/types",
-      "node_modules/@types"
-    ],
+    // "typeRoots": [],
     // "types": [],                                 /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */
     // "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,        /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */
     "esModuleInterop": true,                        /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */