diff --git a/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.test.ts b/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.test.ts
index 5c2de3d0eb1..2caf0fdf386 100644
--- a/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.test.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ vi.mock('lib/constants', () => ({
 describe('apiHelpers', () => {
   describe('constructHeaders', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      process.env.READ_ONLY_API_KEY = 'test-readonly-key'
       process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY = 'test-service-key'
     })
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.ts b/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.ts
index 2105fa452d9..b7a14da2d16 100644
--- a/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/lib/api/apiHelpers.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ export function constructHeaders(headers: { [prop: string]: any }) {
     )
     return {
       ...cleansedHeaders,
-      ...(IS_PLATFORM
-        ? { apiKey: `${process.env.READ_ONLY_API_KEY}` }
-        : { apiKey: `${process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY}` }),
+      // [Joshen] JFYI both Alaister and I checked on this and realised this might not be used actually
+      // Could be safe to remove but leaving it here for now
+      ...(!IS_PLATFORM && { apiKey: `${process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY}` }),
     }
   } else {
     return {
diff --git a/apps/studio/pages/api/platform/auth/[ref]/invite.ts b/apps/studio/pages/api/platform/auth/[ref]/invite.ts
index 662df08ded0..c72ac84d295 100644
--- a/apps/studio/pages/api/platform/auth/[ref]/invite.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/pages/api/platform/auth/[ref]/invite.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 
 import { fetchPost } from 'data/fetchers'
 import { constructHeaders } from 'lib/api/apiHelpers'
 import apiWrapper from 'lib/api/apiWrapper'
 
-const supabase = createClient(process.env.SUPABASE_URL!, process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY!)
-
 export default (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => apiWrapper(req, res, handler)
 
 async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {