diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
index 9e0818abfb1..1a1130ce1cb 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
@@ -78,12 +78,7 @@ import { jsonFields } from "./common_components/check_openapi_schema";
 import NotificationsManager from "./molecules/notifications_manager";
 
 const isLocal = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
-// In dev, if NEXT_PUBLIC_USE_REWRITES=true the Next.js dev server proxies API calls
-// to the backend — use relative URLs (null) so rewrites can intercept them.
-const defaultProxyBaseUrl =
-  isLocal && process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_USE_REWRITES !== "true"
-    ? "http://localhost:4000"
-    : null;
+const defaultProxyBaseUrl = isLocal ? "http://localhost:4000" : null;
 const defaultServerRootPath = "/";
 export let serverRootPath = defaultServerRootPath;
 export let proxyBaseUrl = defaultProxyBaseUrl;
@@ -103,10 +98,7 @@ const updateProxyBaseUrl = (serverRootPath: string, receivedProxyBaseUrl: string
    * Special function for updating the proxy base url. Should only be called by getUiConfig.
    */
   const browserLocation = getWindowLocation();
-  const resolvedDefaultProxyBaseUrl =
-    isLocal && process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_USE_REWRITES !== "true"
-      ? "http://localhost:4000"
-      : browserLocation?.origin ?? null;
+  const resolvedDefaultProxyBaseUrl = isLocal ? "http://localhost:4000" : browserLocation?.origin ?? null;
   let initialProxyBaseUrl = receivedProxyBaseUrl || resolvedDefaultProxyBaseUrl;
   console.log("proxyBaseUrl:", proxyBaseUrl);
   console.log("serverRootPath:", serverRootPath);