diff --git a/.github/workflows/temporary-container-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/temporary-container-checks.yml
index 6bbf916061d..976bd32c414 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/temporary-container-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/temporary-container-checks.yml
@@ -55,24 +55,6 @@ jobs:
             --build-arg FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV=development \
             -f docker/web/Dockerfile .
 
-  build-api:
-    name: Build Api (Container)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Source Files
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-        with:
-          submodules: 'recursive'
-
-      - name: Create Image
-        run: |
-          docker build \
-            -f docker/api-server/Dockerfile .
-
   build-new-api:
     name: Build New Api (Container)
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/docker/api-server/Dockerfile b/docker/api-server/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 46009fe5b88..00000000000
--- a/docker/api-server/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-FROM node:20-bookworm AS builder
-# global installs need root permissions, so have to happen before we switch to
-# the node user
-RUN npm i -g pnpm@9
-# node images create a non-root user that we can use
-USER node
-WORKDIR /home/node/build
-
-COPY --chown=node:node *.* .
-COPY --chown=node:node api-server/ api-server/
-COPY --chown=node:node shared/ shared/
-COPY --chown=node:node tools/ tools/
-COPY --chown=node:node curriculum/ curriculum/
-# TODO: AFAIK it's just the intro translations. Those should be folded into the
-# curriculum and then we can remove this.
-COPY --chown=node:node client/ client/
-
-# We have to prevent pnpm from deduping peer dependencies because otherwise it
-# will install all of the packages, not just api-server. Also, pnpm deploy is
-# not useful since we need to install more than one package.
-
-RUN pnpm config set dedupe-peer-dependents false
-RUN pnpm -F=api-server -F=tools/scripts/build -F=challenge-parser -F=curriculum -F=shared \
-  install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts
-
-# The api needs to source curriculum.json and build:curriculum relies on the
-# following env vars.
-ARG SHOW_UPCOMING_CHANGES=false
-ENV SHOW_UPCOMING_CHANGES=$SHOW_UPCOMING_CHANGES
-RUN pnpm build:curriculum
-
-RUN pnpm build:server
-
-FROM node:20-bookworm AS deps
-
-WORKDIR /home/node/build
-COPY --chown=node:node pnpm*.yaml .
-COPY --chown=node:node api-server/package.json api-server/package.json
-COPY --chown=node:node shared/package.json shared/package.json
-
-RUN npm i -g pnpm@9
-# Prevent pnpm installing unnecessary packages (see above)
-RUN pnpm config set dedupe-peer-dependents false
-RUN pnpm -F=api-server -F=shared install --prod --ignore-scripts
-
-FROM node:20-alpine
-RUN npm i -g pm2@4
-USER node
-WORKDIR /home/node/fcc
-COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /home/node/build/api-server/config/ api-server/config/
-COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /home/node/build/api-server/lib/ api-server/lib/
-COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /home/node/build/api-server/ecosystem.config.js api-server/ecosystem.config.js
-COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /home/node/build/api-server/package.json api-server/package.json
-COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /home/node/build/shared/ shared/
-COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /home/node/build/package.json package.json
-COPY --from=deps --chown=node:node /home/node/build/node_modules/ node_modules/
-COPY --from=deps --chown=node:node /home/node/build/api-server/node_modules/ api-server/node_modules/
-COPY --from=deps --chown=node:node /home/node/build/shared/node_modules/ shared/node_modules/
-
-CMD ["pm2-runtime", "start", "api-server/ecosystem.config.js"]
-