diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.controller.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.controller.ts
index d5c77d4cb..0c196fc55 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.controller.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   deleteEvent,
   editEvent,
   reorderEvent,
-  setFrozenState,
   swapEvents,
 } from '../../services/rundown-service/RundownService.js';
 import {
@@ -127,17 +126,6 @@ export async function rundownBatchPut(req: Request, res: Response<MessageRespons
   }
 }
 
-export async function rundownFrozenPost(req: Request, res: Response<MessageResponse | ErrorResponse>) {
-  try {
-    const { frozen } = req.body;
-    setFrozenState(frozen);
-    res.status(200).send({ message: 'Rundown frozen state updated.' });
-  } catch (error) {
-    const message = getErrorMessage(error);
-    res.status(400).send({ message });
-  }
-}
-
 export async function rundownReorder(req: Request, res: Response<OntimeRundownEntry | ErrorResponse>) {
   if (failEmptyObjects(req.body, res)) {
     return;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.middleware.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.middleware.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 41f2d852e..000000000
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.middleware.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import { eventStore } from '../../stores/EventStore.js';
-
-export const preventIfFrozen = function (req, res, next) {
-  if (eventStore.get('frozen')) {
-    res.status(403).send({ message: 'Rundown is frozen' });
-  } else {
-    next();
-  }
-};
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.router.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.router.ts
index 5cefd66d6..ebac101cb 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.router.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.router.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   rundownApplyDelay,
   rundownBatchPut,
   rundownDelete,
-  rundownFrozenPost,
   rundownGetAll,
   rundownGetById,
   rundownGetNormalised,
@@ -19,14 +18,12 @@ import {
   paramsMustHaveEventId,
   rundownArrayOfIds,
   rundownBatchPutValidator,
-  rundownFrozenPostValidator,
   rundownGetPaginatedQueryParams,
   rundownPostValidator,
   rundownPutValidator,
   rundownReorderValidator,
   rundownSwapValidator,
 } from './rundown.validation.js';
-import { preventIfFrozen } from './rundown.middleware.js';
 
 export const router = express.Router();
 
@@ -36,14 +33,13 @@ router.get('/normalised', rundownGetNormalised);
 router.get('/:eventId', paramsMustHaveEventId, rundownGetById); // not used in Ontime frontend
 
 router.post('/', rundownPostValidator, rundownPost);
-router.post('/frozen', rundownFrozenPostValidator, rundownFrozenPost);
 
 router.put('/', rundownPutValidator, rundownPut);
 router.put('/batch', rundownBatchPutValidator, rundownBatchPut);
 
-router.patch('/reorder/', rundownReorderValidator, preventIfFrozen, rundownReorder);
-router.patch('/swap', rundownSwapValidator, preventIfFrozen, rundownSwap);
+router.patch('/reorder/', rundownReorderValidator, rundownReorder);
+router.patch('/swap', rundownSwapValidator, rundownSwap);
 router.patch('/applydelay/:eventId', paramsMustHaveEventId, rundownApplyDelay);
 
-router.delete('/', rundownArrayOfIds, preventIfFrozen, deletesEventById);
-router.delete('/all', preventIfFrozen, rundownDelete);
+router.delete('/', rundownArrayOfIds, deletesEventById);
+router.delete('/all', rundownDelete);
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.validation.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.validation.ts
index 117fb6fdc..2de741ff9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.validation.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.validation.ts
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ export const rundownPutValidator = [
   },
 ];
 
-export const rundownFrozenPostValidator = [
-  body('frozen').isBoolean().exists(),
-  (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
-    const errors = validationResult(req);
-    if (!errors.isEmpty()) return res.status(422).json({ errors: errors.array() });
-    next();
-  },
-]
-
 export const rundownBatchPutValidator = [
   body('data').isObject().exists(),
   body('ids').isArray().exists(),
diff --git a/apps/server/src/app.ts b/apps/server/src/app.ts
index d01d551d7..751808032 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/app.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ export const startServer = async (
       playback: SimplePlayback.Stop,
       direction: SimpleDirection.CountDown,
     },
-    frozen: false,
     ping: -1,
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts b/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts
index bd008d7a8..3fa8c3ef7 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { runtimeService } from '../runtime-service/RuntimeService.js';
 
 import * as cache from './rundownCache.js';
 import { getPlayableEvents, getTimedEvents } from './rundownUtils.js';
-import { eventStore } from '../../stores/EventStore.js';
 
 type PatchWithId = (Partial<OntimeEvent> | Partial<OntimeBlock> | Partial<OntimeDelay>) & { id: string };
 
@@ -275,7 +274,3 @@ export async function initRundown(rundown: Readonly<OntimeRundown>, customFields
   // notify timer of change
   notifyChanges({ timer: true, external: true, reload: true });
 }
-
-export async function setFrozenState(state: boolean) {
-  eventStore.set('frozen', state);
-}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.ts b/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.ts
index 13dec8b30..bed1a8229 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,5 @@ export const runtimeStorePlaceholder: RuntimeStore = {
     duration: 0,
     playback: SimplePlayback.Stop,
   },
-  frozen: false,
   ping: -1,
 };
diff --git a/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.type.ts b/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.type.ts
index 074b04c9f..b2886441c 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.type.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.type.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export type RuntimeStore = {
   // extra timers
   auxtimer1: SimpleTimerState;
 
-  // flags
-  frozen: boolean;
+  // utils
   ping: number;
 };