diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py b/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
index 87edc97c..e3f8dd08 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from enum import Enum
 import uuid
 import asyncio
 import re
-import os
 from datetime import datetime
 import urllib.parse
 
@@ -249,8 +248,6 @@ class CrawlConfigOps:
         self.coll_ops = None
         self._file_rx = re.compile("\\W+")
 
-        self.max_pages_per_crawl = int(os.environ.get("MAX_PAGES_PER_CRAWL", 0))
-
     def set_crawl_ops(self, ops):
         """set crawl ops reference"""
         self.crawl_ops = ops
@@ -301,8 +298,6 @@ class CrawlConfigOps:
     ):
         """Add new crawl config"""
 
-        self.validate_crawl_limit(config.config)
-
         data = config.dict()
         data["oid"] = org.id
         data["createdBy"] = user.id
@@ -369,8 +364,6 @@ class CrawlConfigOps:
         if not orig_crawl_config:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="config_not_found")
 
-        self.validate_crawl_limit(update.config)
-
         # indicates if any k8s crawl config settings changed
         changed = False
         changed = changed or (
@@ -867,18 +860,6 @@ class CrawlConfigOps:
             # pylint: disable=raise-missing-from
             raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=f"Error starting crawl: {exc}")
 
-    def validate_crawl_limit(self, config: Optional[RawCrawlConfig]):
-        """Ensure max pages per crawl limit is not exceeded.
-        Set limit if not provided. if provided config exceeds limit, raise exception
-        """
-        if config and self.max_pages_per_crawl:
-            if config.limit <= 0:
-                config.limit = self.max_pages_per_crawl
-            elif config.limit > self.max_pages_per_crawl:
-                raise HTTPException(
-                    status_code=400, detail="crawl_page_limit_exceeds_allowed"
-                )
-
 
 # ============================================================================
 # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin,invalid-name,too-many-locals,too-many-arguments
diff --git a/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py b/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py
index 34a0661c..2945e432 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py
@@ -104,28 +104,6 @@ def test_update_config_invalid_format(
     assert r.status_code == 422
 
 
-def test_update_config_invalid_limit(
-    crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id, sample_crawl_data
-):
-    r = requests.patch(
-        f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawlconfigs/{cid}/",
-        headers=crawler_auth_headers,
-        json={
-            "config": {
-                "seeds": [{"url": "https://example.com/"}],
-                "scopeType": "domain",
-                "limit": 10,
-            }
-        },
-    )
-
-    assert r.status_code == 400
-
-    data = r.json()
-
-    assert data["detail"] == "crawl_page_limit_exceeds_allowed"
-
-
 def test_update_config_data(crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id, sample_crawl_data):
     r = requests.patch(
         f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawlconfigs/{cid}/",
diff --git a/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py b/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py
index 21d6907a..7b72f15a 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_run_crawl.py
@@ -27,25 +27,6 @@ def test_list_orgs(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id):
     assert default_org_id in org_ids
 
 
-def test_create_new_config_invalid_limit(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id):
-    crawl_data = {
-        "runNow": True,
-        "name": "Test Crawl",
-        "config": {"seeds": [{"url": "https://webrecorder.net/"}], "limit": 10},
-    }
-    r = requests.post(
-        f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawlconfigs/",
-        headers=admin_auth_headers,
-        json=crawl_data,
-    )
-
-    assert r.status_code == 400
-
-    data = r.json()
-
-    assert data["detail"] == "crawl_page_limit_exceeds_allowed"
-
-
 def test_create_new_config(admin_auth_headers, default_org_id):
     crawl_data = {
         "runNow": False,
diff --git a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
index f35b7d6e..b71aeabc 100644
--- a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ .Values.crawler_namespace }}
 
 data:
-  CRAWL_ARGS: "{{ .Values.crawler_args }} --workers {{ .Values.crawler_browser_instances | default 1 }} --sizeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_size_limit_bytes }} --timeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_time_limit_seconds }} --healthCheckPort {{ .Values.crawler_liveness_port }}"
+  CRAWL_ARGS: "{{ .Values.crawler_args }} --workers {{ .Values.crawler_browser_instances | default 1 }} --sizeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_size_limit_bytes }} --timeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_time_limit_seconds }} --maxPageLimit {{ .Values.max_pages_per_crawl | default 0 }} --healthCheckPort {{ .Values.crawler_liveness_port }}"
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1