diff --git a/src/app/api/auth/logout/route.ts b/src/app/api/auth/logout/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 020e907..0000000
--- a/src/app/api/auth/logout/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
-
-export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
-  try {
-    // Clear authentication token on client side via response
-    const response = NextResponse.json(
-      { message: "Logged out successfully" },
-      { status: 200 }
-    );
-
-    // Set cookie to expire if using cookies for auth
-    response.cookies.set({
-      name: "authToken",      value: "",      maxAge: 0,
-      path: "/"});
-
-    return response;
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error("Logout error:", error);
-    return NextResponse.json(
-      { message: "Internal server error" },
-      { status: 500 }
-    );
-  }
-}