diff --git a/modules/createServer.js b/modules/createServer.js
index e1e91dd..ebb96e5 100644
--- a/modules/createServer.js
+++ b/modules/createServer.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import findEntry from './middleware/findEntry.js';
 import noQuery from './middleware/noQuery.js';
 import redirectLegacyURLs from './middleware/redirectLegacyURLs.js';
 import requestLog from './middleware/requestLog.js';
-import staticFiles from './middleware/staticFiles.js';
 import validateFilename from './middleware/validateFilename.js';
 import validatePackageURL from './middleware/validatePackageURL.js';
 import validatePackageName from './middleware/validatePackageName.js';
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ export default function createServer() {
     }
 
     app.use(cors());
-    app.use(staticFiles);
+    app.use(express.static('public', { maxAge: '1y' }));
 
     // Special startup request from App Engine
     // https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/nodejs/how-instances-are-managed
diff --git a/modules/middleware/staticFiles.js b/modules/middleware/staticFiles.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c34f32f..0000000
--- a/modules/middleware/staticFiles.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import express from 'express';
-
-const staticMiddleware = express.static('public', { maxAge: '1y' });
-
-export default function staticFiles(req, res, next) {
-  if (req.query.meta != null) {
-    // Let ?meta requests fall through.
-    return next();
-  }
-
-  staticMiddleware(req, res, next);
-}