diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 62f9a8cd9..008d987eb 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@ class Server {
         .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/pool/:slug/blocks/:height', routes.$getPoolBlocks)
         .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/pool/:slug', routes.$getPool)
         .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/pool/:slug/:interval', routes.$getPool)
-        .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/difficulty', routes.$getHistoricalDifficulty)
-        .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/difficulty/:interval', routes.$getHistoricalDifficulty)
         .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/hashrate/pools', routes.$getPoolsHistoricalHashrate)
         .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/hashrate/pools/:interval', routes.$getPoolsHistoricalHashrate)
         .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'mining/hashrate', routes.$getHistoricalHashrate)
diff --git a/backend/src/routes.ts b/backend/src/routes.ts
index e98c718ef..14942fd85 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes.ts
@@ -576,18 +576,6 @@ class Routes {
     }
   }
 
-  public async $getHistoricalDifficulty(req: Request, res: Response) {
-    try {
-      const stats = await BlocksRepository.$getBlocksDifficulty(req.params.interval ?? null);
-      res.header('Pragma', 'public');
-      res.header('Cache-control', 'public');
-      res.setHeader('Expires', new Date(Date.now() + 1000 * 300).toUTCString());
-      res.json(stats);
-    } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e);
-    }
-  }
-
   public async $getPoolsHistoricalHashrate(req: Request, res: Response) {
     try {
       const hashrates = await HashratesRepository.$getPoolsWeeklyHashrate(req.params.interval ?? null);
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
index 7be8b944f..9efe9f782 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
@@ -154,13 +154,6 @@ export class ApiService {
     );
   }
 
-  getHistoricalDifficulty$(interval: string | undefined): Observable<any> {
-    return this.httpClient.get<any[]>(
-        this.apiBaseUrl + this.apiBasePath + `/api/v1/mining/difficulty` +
-        (interval !== undefined ? `/${interval}` : '')
-      );
-  }
-
   getHistoricalHashrate$(interval: string | undefined): Observable<any> {
     return this.httpClient.get<any[]>(
         this.apiBaseUrl + this.apiBasePath + `/api/v1/mining/hashrate` +