diff --git a/template/Caddyfile b/template/Caddyfile
index df6f47b..79bad50 100644
--- a/template/Caddyfile
+++ b/template/Caddyfile
@@ -43,14 +43,7 @@ BACKEND_HOSTNAME {
 PROXY_HOSTNAME {
 	@ytproxy path /videoplayback* /api/v4/* /api/manifest/*
 
-	@optionscall {
-		method OPTIONS
-	}
-
 	header {
-		Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
-		Access-Control-Allow-Headers *
-
 		# disable FLoC tracking
 		Permissions-Policy interest-cohort=()
 
@@ -73,12 +66,9 @@ PROXY_HOSTNAME {
 			Cache-Control "public, max-age=604800"
 		}
 
-		respond @optionscall 200
-
 		reverse_proxy unix//var/run/ytproxy/http-proxy.sock {
 			header_up -CF-Connecting-IP
 			header_up -X-Forwarded-For
-			header_down -Access-Control-Allow-Origin
 			header_down -etag
 			header_down -alt-svc
 		}
diff --git a/template/pipedproxy.conf b/template/pipedproxy.conf
index 9baba2e..4b04294 100644
--- a/template/pipedproxy.conf
+++ b/template/pipedproxy.conf
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ server {
     location ~ (/videoplayback|/api/v4/|/api/manifest/) {
         include snippets/ytproxy.conf;
         add_header Cache-Control private always;
-        proxy_hide_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin;
     }
 
     location / {
         include snippets/ytproxy.conf;
         add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=604800";
-        proxy_hide_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin;
     }
 }
diff --git a/template/ytproxy.conf b/template/ytproxy.conf
index 2062f64..a49eb47 100644
--- a/template/ytproxy.conf
+++ b/template/ytproxy.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
-add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers *;
-if ($request_method = OPTIONS ) {
-    return 200;
-}
 proxy_buffering on;
 proxy_buffers 1024 16k;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For "";