diff --git a/services/app-api/serverless.yml b/services/app-api/serverless.yml
index 4f18b2d308..abb3d73f1b 100644
--- a/services/app-api/serverless.yml
+++ b/services/app-api/serverless.yml
@@ -197,18 +197,6 @@ functions:
           method: get
           cors: true
           authorizer: aws_iam
-    timeout: 60 # aurora cold start can be long
-    vpc:
-      securityGroupIds:
-        - ${self:custom.sgId}
-      subnetIds: ${self:custom.privateSubnets}
-    layers:
-      - !Ref PrismaClientEngineLambdaLayer
-      - arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:901920570463:layer:aws-otel-nodejs-amd64-ver-1-18-1:1
-
-  graphql_external:
-    handler: src/handlers/apollo_gql.graphqlHandler
-    events:
       - http:
           path: v1/graphql/external
           method: post
@@ -230,7 +218,8 @@ functions:
       subnetIds: ${self:custom.privateSubnets}
     layers:
       - !Ref PrismaClientEngineLambdaLayer
-      
+      - arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:901920570463:layer:aws-otel-nodejs-amd64-ver-1-18-1:1
+
   migrate:
     handler: src/handlers/postgres_migrate.main
     timeout: 60