diff --git a/src/slurper.zig b/src/slurper.zig
index b1ba1a0..52d47c6 100644
--- a/src/slurper.zig
+++ b/src/slurper.zig
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const log = std.log.scoped(.relay);
 pub const Options = struct {
     seed_host: []const u8 = "bsky.network",
     max_message_size: usize = 5 * 1024 * 1024,
-    new_hosts_per_day: u32 = 50, // Go relay: RELAY_NEW_HOSTS_PER_DAY_LIMIT default 50
 };
 
 // --- host validation ---
@@ -217,10 +216,6 @@ pub const Slurper = struct {
     // crawl processing thread
     crawl_thread: ?std.Thread = null,
 
-    // per-day new host rate limit (Go relay: HostPerDayLimiter)
-    hosts_added_today: u32 = 0,
-    rate_limit_day_start: i64 = 0,
-
     pub fn init(
         allocator: Allocator,
         bc: *broadcaster.Broadcaster,
@@ -411,14 +406,7 @@ pub const Slurper = struct {
             }
         }
 
-        // step 5: per-day rate limit for new hosts
-        // Go relay: HostPerDayLimiter (sliding window, 50/day default)
-        if (!self.checkHostRateLimit()) {
-            log.warn("host {s}: new-hosts-per-day limit reached ({d}), rejecting", .{ hostname, self.options.new_hosts_per_day });
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // step 6: describeServer liveness check
+        // step 5: describeServer liveness check
         // Go relay: host_checker.go CheckHost (with SSRF protection)
         checkHost(self.allocator, hostname) catch |err| {
             log.warn("host {s}: describeServer check failed: {s}", .{ hostname, @errorName(err) });
@@ -429,20 +417,6 @@ pub const Slurper = struct {
         log.info("added host {s} (id={d})", .{ hostname, host_info.id });
     }
 
-    /// check and consume one token from the daily host rate limit.
-    /// resets counter when a new UTC day starts.
-    fn checkHostRateLimit(self: *Slurper) bool {
-        const now = std.time.timestamp();
-        const day_seconds: i64 = 86400;
-        if (now - self.rate_limit_day_start >= day_seconds) {
-            self.hosts_added_today = 0;
-            self.rate_limit_day_start = now;
-        }
-        if (self.hosts_added_today >= self.options.new_hosts_per_day) return false;
-        self.hosts_added_today += 1;
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /// spawn a subscriber thread for a host
     fn spawnWorker(self: *Slurper, host_id: u64, hostname: []const u8) !void {
         const hostname_duped = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, hostname);