diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/auth/auth_router.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/auth/auth_router.ts
index 3af801ae4..fa1cf763e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/auth/auth_router.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/auth/auth_router.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import axios from 'axios'
 import cors from 'cors'
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express'
 import express from 'express'
-import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import url from 'url'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../utils/auth'
 import { corsConfig } from '../../utils/corsConfig'
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger'
+import { hourlyLimiter } from '../../utils/rate_limit'
+import { verifyChallengeRecaptcha } from '../../utils/recaptcha'
 import { createSsoToken, ssoRedirectURL } from '../../utils/sso'
 import { handleAppleWebAuth } from './apple_auth'
 import type { AuthProvider } from './auth_types'
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ import {
 } from './google_auth'
 import { createWebAuthToken } from './jwt_helpers'
 import { createMobileAccountCreationResponse } from './mobile/account_creation'
-import { verifyChallengeRecaptcha } from '../../utils/recaptcha'
 
 export interface SignupRequest {
   email: string
@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ export const isValidSignupRequest = (obj: any): obj is SignupRequest => {
   )
 }
 
-// The hourly limiter is used on the create account,
-// and reset password endpoints
-// this limits users to five operations per an hour
-const hourlyLimiter = rateLimit({
-  windowMs: 60 * 60 * 1000,
-  max: 5,
-  skip: (req) => env.dev.isLocal,
-})
-
 export function authRouter() {
   const router = express.Router()
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/server.ts b/packages/api/src/server.ts
index e0ac429d2..473df7a79 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/server.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser'
 import express, { Express } from 'express'
 import * as httpContext from 'express-http-context2'
 import promBundle from 'express-prom-bundle'
-import rateLimit, { MemoryStore } from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { createServer, Server } from 'http'
 import * as prom from 'prom-client'
-import { RedisStore } from 'rate-limit-redis'
 import { config, loggers } from 'winston'
 import { makeApolloServer } from './apollo'
 import { appDataSource } from './data_source'
@@ -43,13 +41,9 @@ import { textToSpeechRouter } from './routers/text_to_speech'
 import { userRouter } from './routers/user_router'
 import { sentryConfig } from './sentry'
 import { analytics } from './utils/analytics'
-import {
-  getClaimsByToken,
-  getTokenByRequest,
-  isSystemRequest,
-} from './utils/auth'
 import { corsConfig } from './utils/corsConfig'
 import { buildLogger, buildLoggerTransport, logger } from './utils/logger'
+import { apiLimiter, authLimiter } from './utils/rate_limit'
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4000
 
@@ -73,37 +67,6 @@ export const createApp = (): {
   // set to true if behind a reverse proxy/load balancer
   app.set('trust proxy', env.server.trustProxy)
 
-  // use the redis store if we have a redis connection
-  const redisClient = redisDataSource.redisClient
-  const store = redisClient
-    ? new RedisStore({
-        // @ts-expect-error - Known issue: the `call` function is not present in @types/ioredis
-        sendCommand: (...args: string[]) => redisClient.call(...args),
-      })
-    : new MemoryStore()
-
-  const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
-    windowMs: 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
-    max: async (req) => {
-      // 100 RPM for an authenticated request, 15 for a non-authenticated request
-      const token = getTokenByRequest(req)
-      try {
-        const claims = await getClaimsByToken(token)
-        return claims ? 60 : 15
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.log('non-authenticated request')
-        return 15
-      }
-    },
-    keyGenerator: (req) => {
-      return getTokenByRequest(req) || req.ip
-    },
-    // skip preflight requests and test requests and system requests
-    skip: (req) =>
-      req.method === 'OPTIONS' || env.dev.isLocal || isSystemRequest(req),
-    store,
-  })
-
   // Apply the rate limiting middleware to API calls only
   app.use('/api/', apiLimiter)
 
@@ -120,15 +83,6 @@ export const createApp = (): {
   // respond healthy to auto-scaler.
   app.get('/_ah/health', (req, res) => res.sendStatus(200))
 
-  // 5 RPM for auth requests
-  const authLimiter = rateLimit({
-    windowMs: 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
-    max: 5,
-    // skip preflight requests and test requests
-    skip: (req) => req.method === 'OPTIONS' || env.dev.isLocal,
-    store,
-  })
-
   app.use('/api/auth', authLimiter, authRouter())
   app.use('/api/mobile-auth', authLimiter, mobileAuthRouter())
   app.use('/api/page', pageRouter())
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/rate_limit.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/rate_limit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..340e60530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/rate_limit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import rateLimit, { MemoryStore, Options } from 'express-rate-limit'
+import { RedisStore } from 'rate-limit-redis'
+import { env } from '../env'
+import { redisDataSource } from '../redis_data_source'
+import { getClaimsByToken, getTokenByRequest, isSystemRequest } from './auth'
+
+// use the redis store if we have a redis connection
+const redisClient = redisDataSource.redisClient
+const store = redisClient
+  ? new RedisStore({
+      // @ts-expect-error - Known issue: the `call` function is not present in @types/ioredis
+      sendCommand: (...args: string[]) => redisClient.call(...args),
+    })
+  : new MemoryStore()
+
+const configs: Partial<Options> = {
+  windowMs: 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
+  max: 5,
+  // skip preflight requests and test requests and system requests
+  skip: (req) =>
+    req.method === 'OPTIONS' || env.dev.isLocal || isSystemRequest(req),
+  store,
+}
+
+export const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
+  ...configs,
+  max: async (req) => {
+    // 100 RPM for an authenticated request, 15 for a non-authenticated request
+    const token = getTokenByRequest(req)
+    try {
+      const claims = await getClaimsByToken(token)
+      return claims ? 60 : 15
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log('non-authenticated request')
+      return 15
+    }
+  },
+  keyGenerator: (req) => {
+    return getTokenByRequest(req) || req.ip
+  },
+})
+
+// 5 RPM for auth requests
+export const authLimiter = rateLimit(configs)
+
+// The hourly limiter is used on the create account,
+// and reset password endpoints
+// this limits users to five operations per an hour
+export const hourlyLimiter = rateLimit({
+  ...configs,
+  windowMs: 60 * 60 * 1000,
+})