diff --git a/services/minecraft.nix b/services/minecraft.nix
index 2b13448..ed8eac2 100644
--- a/services/minecraft.nix
+++ b/services/minecraft.nix
@@ -151,24 +151,4 @@
     "z ${service_configs.minecraft.parent_dir}/${service_configs.minecraft.server_name}/squaremap 710 ${config.services.minecraft-servers.user} ${config.services.minecraft-servers.group}"
     "Z ${service_configs.minecraft.parent_dir}/${service_configs.minecraft.server_name}/squaremap/web 750 ${config.services.minecraft-servers.user} ${config.services.minecraft-servers.group}"
   ];
-
-  # Protect Minecraft server from connection spam / brute force attempts
-  # Based on https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/pull/2852#issuecomment-3105039910
-  # Only bans IPs that fail whitelist/ban checks - NOT legitimate player disconnects
-  services.fail2ban.jails.minecraft = {
-    enabled = true;
-    settings = {
-      backend = "auto";
-      port = builtins.toString config.services.minecraft-servers.servers.${service_configs.minecraft.server_name}.serverProperties.server-port;
-      logpath = "${config.services.minecraft-servers.dataDir}/${service_configs.minecraft.server_name}/logs/latest.log";
-      # defaults: maxretry=5, findtime=10m, bantime=10m
-    };
-    filter.Definition = {
-      # Only match whitelist rejections and bans - safe patterns that won't affect legitimate players
-      # Format: [HH:MM:SS] [Server thread/INFO]: Disconnecting <name> (/<IP>:<PORT>): <reason>
-      datepattern = "^\\[%%H:%%M:%%S\\]";
-      failregex = "^\\s*\\[Server thread/INFO\\]: Disconnecting .+ \\(/<HOST>:\\d+\\): (?:You are not white-listed on this server|You are banned from this server)";
-      ignoreregex = "";
-    };
-  };
 }
diff --git a/tests/fail2ban-minecraft.nix b/tests/fail2ban-minecraft.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a80412..0000000
--- a/tests/fail2ban-minecraft.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
-  inputs,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  testServerName = "testserver";
-
-  # Create pkgs with nix-minecraft overlay and unfree packages allowed
-  testPkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
-    system = pkgs.stdenv.targetPlatform.system;
-    config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [ "minecraft-server" ];
-    overlays = [
-      inputs.nix-minecraft.overlay
-      (import ../modules/overlays.nix)
-    ];
-  };
-
-  testServiceConfigs = {
-    zpool_ssds = "";
-    https = {
-      domain = "test.local";
-    };
-    minecraft = {
-      parent_dir = "/var/lib/minecraft";
-      server_name = testServerName;
-    };
-  };
-
-  testLib = lib.extend (
-    final: prev: {
-      serviceMountWithZpool =
-        serviceName: zpool: dirs:
-        { ... }:
-        { };
-    }
-  );
-
-  minecraftModule =
-    { config, lib, ... }:
-    {
-      imports = [
-        (import ../services/minecraft.nix {
-          inherit config inputs;
-          pkgs = testPkgs;
-          lib = testLib;
-          service_configs = testServiceConfigs;
-        })
-      ];
-      # Override nixpkgs config to prevent conflicts in test environment
-      nixpkgs.config = lib.mkForce {
-        allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (testPkgs.lib.getName pkg) [ "minecraft-server" ];
-      };
-      # Disable whitelist import to avoid missing secrets file and reduce memory
-      services.minecraft-servers.servers.${testServerName} = {
-        whitelist = lib.mkForce { };
-        jvmOpts = lib.mkForce "-Xmx1G -Xms1G";
-      };
-    };
-in
-testPkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
-  name = "fail2ban-minecraft";
-
-  nodes = {
-    server =
-      {
-        config,
-        lib,
-        pkgs,
-        ...
-      }:
-      {
-        imports = [
-          ../modules/security.nix
-          minecraftModule
-        ];
-
-        # Disable ZFS mount dependency
-        systemd.services."minecraft-server-${testServerName}-mounts".enable = lib.mkForce false;
-        systemd.services."minecraft-server-${testServerName}" = {
-          wants = lib.mkForce [ ];
-          after = lib.mkForce [ ];
-          requires = lib.mkForce [ ];
-        };
-
-        # Override for faster testing
-        services.fail2ban.jails.minecraft.settings = {
-          maxretry = lib.mkForce 3;
-          findtime = lib.mkForce "5m";
-          bantime = lib.mkForce "10m";
-        };
-
-        # Create log directory and placeholder for fail2ban
-        systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-          "d /var/lib/minecraft/${testServerName}/logs 0755 minecraft minecraft"
-          "f /var/lib/minecraft/${testServerName}/logs/latest.log 0644 minecraft minecraft"
-        ];
-
-        # Make fail2ban start after minecraft
-        systemd.services.fail2ban = {
-          wants = [ "minecraft-server-${testServerName}.service" ];
-          after = [ "minecraft-server-${testServerName}.service" ];
-        };
-
-        # Give minecraft server more resources
-        virtualisation.diskSize = 4 * 1024;
-        virtualisation.memorySize = 4 * 1024;
-      };
-
-    client =
-      { pkgs, ... }:
-      {
-        environment.systemPackages = [
-          (pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps: [ ps.mcstatus ]))
-        ];
-      };
-  };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    import time
-
-    start_all()
-
-    # Wait for minecraft server to fully start
-    server.wait_for_unit("minecraft-server-${testServerName}.service", timeout=180)
-    server.wait_for_unit("fail2ban.service")
-    server.wait_for_open_port(25565, timeout=120)
-
-    # Wait for server to be ready (shows "Done" in logs)
-    server.wait_until_succeeds(
-        "grep -q 'Done' /var/lib/minecraft/${testServerName}/logs/latest.log",
-        timeout=120
-    )
-    time.sleep(2)
-
-    # Reload fail2ban now that the real log file exists
-    server.succeed("fail2ban-client reload minecraft")
-    time.sleep(2)
-
-    with subtest("Verify minecraft jail is active"):
-        status = server.succeed("fail2ban-client status")
-        print(f"fail2ban status:\n{status}")
-        assert "minecraft" in status, f"minecraft jail not found in: {status}"
-
-    with subtest("Verify jail configuration"):
-        # Check jail status shows it's monitoring the log file
-        status = server.succeed("fail2ban-client status minecraft")
-        print(f"Jail status:\n{status}")
-        assert "minecraft" in status, "minecraft jail not properly configured"
-
-    with subtest("Check server logs"):
-        logs = server.succeed("tail -20 /var/lib/minecraft/${testServerName}/logs/latest.log")
-        print(f"Server logs:\n{logs}")
-
-    with subtest("Test regex with fail2ban-regex"):
-        # Test the filter regex against the log file
-        result = server.execute("fail2ban-regex /var/lib/minecraft/${testServerName}/logs/latest.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/minecraft.local 2>&1")
-        print(f"Regex test result:\n{result}")
-
-    with subtest("Verify jail is functional"):
-        # The jail should be running and monitoring - mcstatus won't trigger bans
-        # since it only does status pings, not login attempts that would fail whitelist
-        status = server.succeed("fail2ban-client status minecraft")
-        print(f"Final jail status:\n{status}")
-        # Verify the jail is running (has filter file loaded)
-        assert "Filter" in status or "File list" in status or "Currently" in status, "Jail not properly running"
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/tests/tests.nix b/tests/tests.nix
index 3b71c8f..fcc29e1 100644
--- a/tests/tests.nix
+++ b/tests/tests.nix
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ in
   fail2banVaultwardenTest = handleTest ./fail2ban-vaultwarden.nix;
   fail2banImmichTest = handleTest ./fail2ban-immich.nix;
   fail2banJellyfinTest = handleTest ./fail2ban-jellyfin.nix;
-  fail2banMinecraftTest = handleTest ./fail2ban-minecraft.nix;
 }