diff --git a/service/config/sample.yml b/service/config/sample.yml
index 9f6ec4d7d..0c280ca6b 100644
--- a/service/config/sample.yml
+++ b/service/config/sample.yml
@@ -285,10 +285,6 @@ unidentifiedDelivery:
   privateKey: secret://unidentifiedDelivery.privateKey
   expiresDays: 7
 
-recaptcha:
-  projectPath: projects/example
-  credentialConfigurationJson: "{ }" # service account configuration for backend authentication
-
 hCaptcha:
   apiKey: secret://hCaptcha.apiKey
 
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 620f79900..acc3eae2e 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -466,18 +466,6 @@
       <artifactId>google-auth-library-oauth2-http</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud-recaptchaenterprise</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- fix dependency convergence from older 1.0.1 -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-          <artifactId>failureaccess</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.stripe</groupId>
       <artifactId>stripe-java</artifactId>
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerConfiguration.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerConfiguration.java
index 450ac7581..2d4175f81 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerConfiguration.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerConfiguration.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.MessageCacheConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.MonitoredS3ObjectConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.OneTimeDonationConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.PaymentsServiceConfiguration;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.RecaptchaConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.RedisClusterConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.RedisConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.RegistrationServiceConfiguration;
@@ -204,11 +203,6 @@ public class WhisperServerConfiguration extends Configuration {
   @JsonProperty
   private UnidentifiedDeliveryConfiguration unidentifiedDelivery;
 
-  @Valid
-  @NotNull
-  @JsonProperty
-  private RecaptchaConfiguration recaptcha;
-
   @Valid
   @NotNull
   @JsonProperty
@@ -359,10 +353,6 @@ public class WhisperServerConfiguration extends Configuration {
     return dynamoDbTables;
   }
 
-  public RecaptchaConfiguration getRecaptchaConfiguration() {
-    return recaptcha;
-  }
-
   public HCaptchaConfiguration getHCaptchaConfiguration() {
     return hCaptcha;
   }
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
index 5f18d11c8..4c6853625 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.calls.routing.DynamicConfigTurnRouter;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.calls.routing.TurnCallRouter;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha.CaptchaChecker;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha.HCaptchaClient;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha.RecaptchaClient;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha.RegistrationCaptchaManager;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha.ShortCodeExpander;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.dynamic.DynamicConfiguration;
@@ -625,10 +624,6 @@ public class WhisperServerService extends Application<WhisperServerConfiguration
         "message_byte_limit",
         config.getMessageByteLimitCardinalityEstimator().period());
 
-    RecaptchaClient recaptchaClient = new RecaptchaClient(
-        config.getRecaptchaConfiguration().projectPath(),
-        config.getRecaptchaConfiguration().credentialConfigurationJson(),
-        dynamicConfigurationManager);
     HCaptchaClient hCaptchaClient = new HCaptchaClient(
         config.getHCaptchaConfiguration().getApiKey().value(),
         hcaptchaRetryExecutor,
@@ -638,7 +633,7 @@ public class WhisperServerService extends Application<WhisperServerConfiguration
     HttpClient shortCodeRetrieverHttpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder().version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
         .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10)).build();
     ShortCodeExpander shortCodeRetriever = new ShortCodeExpander(shortCodeRetrieverHttpClient, config.getShortCodeRetrieverConfiguration().baseUrl());
-    CaptchaChecker captchaChecker = new CaptchaChecker(shortCodeRetriever, List.of(recaptchaClient, hCaptchaClient));
+    CaptchaChecker captchaChecker = new CaptchaChecker(shortCodeRetriever, List.of(hCaptchaClient));
 
     PushChallengeManager pushChallengeManager = new PushChallengeManager(pushNotificationManager,
         pushChallengeDynamoDb);
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/captcha/CaptchaChecker.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/captcha/CaptchaChecker.java
index 0d7bed762..954f3dd7e 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/captcha/CaptchaChecker.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/captcha/CaptchaChecker.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class CaptchaChecker {
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CaptchaChecker.class);
   private static final String INVALID_SITEKEY_COUNTER_NAME = name(CaptchaChecker.class, "invalidSiteKey");
-  private static final String ASSESSMENTS_COUNTER_NAME = name(RecaptchaClient.class, "assessments");
+  private static final String ASSESSMENTS_COUNTER_NAME = name(CaptchaChecker.class, "assessments");
   private static final String INVALID_ACTION_COUNTER_NAME = name(CaptchaChecker.class, "invalidActions");
 
   @VisibleForTesting
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/captcha/RecaptchaClient.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/captcha/RecaptchaClient.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 216901365..000000000
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/captcha/RecaptchaClient.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021-2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha;
-
-import static org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.MetricsUtil.name;
-
-import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider;
-import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiException;
-import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
-import com.google.cloud.recaptchaenterprise.v1.RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceClient;
-import com.google.cloud.recaptchaenterprise.v1.RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceSettings;
-import com.google.recaptchaenterprise.v1.Assessment;
-import com.google.recaptchaenterprise.v1.Event;
-import com.google.recaptchaenterprise.v1.RiskAnalysis;
-import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Metrics;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.dynamic.DynamicCaptchaConfiguration;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.dynamic.DynamicConfiguration;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.DynamicConfigurationManager;
-
-public class RecaptchaClient implements CaptchaClient {
-
-  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RecaptchaClient.class);
-
-  private static final String V2_PREFIX = "signal-recaptcha-v2";
-  private static final String INVALID_REASON_COUNTER_NAME = name(RecaptchaClient.class, "invalidReason");
-  private static final String INVALID_SITEKEY_COUNTER_NAME = name(RecaptchaClient.class, "invalidSiteKey");
-  private static final String ASSESSMENT_REASON_COUNTER_NAME = name(RecaptchaClient.class, "assessmentReason");
-
-
-  private final String projectPath;
-  private final RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceClient client;
-  private final DynamicConfigurationManager<DynamicConfiguration> dynamicConfigurationManager;
-
-  public RecaptchaClient(
-      @Nonnull final String projectPath,
-      @Nonnull final String recaptchaCredentialConfigurationJson,
-      final DynamicConfigurationManager<DynamicConfiguration> dynamicConfigurationManager) {
-    try {
-      this.projectPath = Objects.requireNonNull(projectPath);
-      this.client = RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceClient.create(RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceSettings.newBuilder()
-          .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(GoogleCredentials.fromStream(
-              new ByteArrayInputStream(recaptchaCredentialConfigurationJson.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))))
-          .build());
-
-      this.dynamicConfigurationManager = dynamicConfigurationManager;
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new AssertionError(e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String scheme() {
-    return V2_PREFIX;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Set<String> validSiteKeys(final Action action) {
-    final DynamicCaptchaConfiguration config = dynamicConfigurationManager.getConfiguration().getCaptchaConfiguration();
-    if (!config.isAllowRecaptcha()) {
-      log.warn("Received request to verify a recaptcha, but recaptcha is not enabled");
-      return Collections.emptySet();
-    }
-    return Optional
-        .ofNullable(config.getRecaptchaSiteKeys().get(action))
-        .orElse(Collections.emptySet());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha.AssessmentResult verify(
-      final String sitekey,
-      final Action action,
-      final String token,
-      final String ip) throws IOException {
-    final DynamicCaptchaConfiguration config = dynamicConfigurationManager.getConfiguration().getCaptchaConfiguration();
-    final Set<String> allowedSiteKeys = config.getRecaptchaSiteKeys().get(action);
-    if (allowedSiteKeys != null && !allowedSiteKeys.contains(sitekey)) {
-      log.info("invalid recaptcha sitekey {}, action={}, token={}", action, token);
-      Metrics.counter(INVALID_SITEKEY_COUNTER_NAME, "action", action.getActionName()).increment();
-      return AssessmentResult.invalid();
-    }
-
-    Event.Builder eventBuilder = Event.newBuilder()
-        .setSiteKey(sitekey)
-        .setToken(token)
-        .setUserIpAddress(ip);
-
-    if (action != null) {
-      eventBuilder.setExpectedAction(action.getActionName());
-    }
-
-    final Event event = eventBuilder.build();
-    final Assessment assessment;
-    try {
-      assessment = client.createAssessment(projectPath, Assessment.newBuilder().setEvent(event).build());
-    } catch (ApiException e) {
-      throw new IOException(e);
-    }
-
-    if (assessment.getTokenProperties().getValid()) {
-      final float score = assessment.getRiskAnalysis().getScore();
-      log.debug("assessment for {} was valid, score: {}", action.getActionName(), score);
-      final BigDecimal threshold = config.getScoreFloorByAction().getOrDefault(action, config.getScoreFloor());
-      final AssessmentResult assessmentResult = AssessmentResult.fromScore(score, threshold.floatValue());
-      for (RiskAnalysis.ClassificationReason reason : assessment.getRiskAnalysis().getReasonsList()) {
-        Metrics.counter(ASSESSMENT_REASON_COUNTER_NAME,
-                "action", action.getActionName(),
-                "score", assessmentResult.getScoreString(),
-                "reason", reason.name())
-            .increment();
-      }
-      return assessmentResult;
-    } else {
-      Metrics.counter(INVALID_REASON_COUNTER_NAME,
-              "action", action.getActionName(),
-              "reason", assessment.getTokenProperties().getInvalidReason().name())
-          .increment();
-      return AssessmentResult.invalid();
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/RecaptchaConfiguration.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/RecaptchaConfiguration.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 948fee148..000000000
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/RecaptchaConfiguration.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021-2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration;
-
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
-
-public record RecaptchaConfiguration(@NotEmpty String projectPath, @NotEmpty String credentialConfigurationJson) {
-
-}
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/dynamic/DynamicCaptchaConfiguration.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/dynamic/DynamicCaptchaConfiguration.java
index 636031f86..bc99a8b25 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/dynamic/DynamicCaptchaConfiguration.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/dynamic/DynamicCaptchaConfiguration.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.captcha.Action;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.validation.constraints.DecimalMax;
@@ -28,9 +27,6 @@ public class DynamicCaptchaConfiguration {
   @JsonProperty
   private boolean allowHCaptcha = false;
 
-  @JsonProperty
-  private boolean allowRecaptcha = true;
-
   @JsonProperty
   @NotNull
   private Map<Action, Set<String>> hCaptchaSiteKeys = Collections.emptyMap();
@@ -51,10 +47,6 @@ public class DynamicCaptchaConfiguration {
     return allowHCaptcha;
   }
 
-  public boolean isAllowRecaptcha() {
-    return allowRecaptcha;
-  }
-
   public Map<Action, BigDecimal> getScoreFloorByAction() {
     return scoreFloorByAction;
   }