diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 28195caf..44ee8787 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -87,7 +87,3 @@ FORWARD_DB_PORT=54329
 VITE_HOST_NAME=vite.solidtime.test
 VITE_APP_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
 #SAIL_XDEBUG_MODE=develop,debug,coverage
-
-# API rate limiting (requests per minute)
-API_RATE_LIMIT_AUTH_PER_MINUTE=200
-API_RATE_LIMIT_GUEST_PER_MINUTE=60
diff --git a/app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php
index 71fd556e..7ac8628a 100644
--- a/app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             }
 
             return $request->user()
-                ? Limit::perMinute(config('services.api.authenticated'))->by($request->user()->id)
-                : Limit::perMinute(config('services.api.guest'))->by($request->ip());
+                ? Limit::perMinute(config('app.api_rate_limit_authenticated_per_minute'))->by($request->user()->id)
+                : Limit::perMinute(config('app.api_rate_limit_guest_per_minute'))->by($request->ip());
         });
 
         $this->routes(function (): void {
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 356fecf1..64d67991 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -158,6 +158,21 @@ return [
 
     'pagination_per_page_default' => (int) env('PAGINATION_PER_PAGE_DEFAULT', 15),
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | API Rate Limiting
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | The number of API requests allowed per minute, counted per user for
+    | authenticated requests and per IP address for guest requests. These
+    | limits are only enforced when the application runs in production.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'api_rate_limit_authenticated_per_minute' => (int) (env('API_RATE_LIMIT_AUTH_PER_MINUTE') ?: 200),
+
+    'api_rate_limit_guest_per_minute' => (int) (env('API_RATE_LIMIT_GUEST_PER_MINUTE') ?: 60),
+
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Encryption Key
diff --git a/config/services.php b/config/services.php
index 5663a84b..57c8cdb7 100644
--- a/config/services.php
+++ b/config/services.php
@@ -8,8 +8,4 @@ return [
         'basic_auth_username' => env('GOTENBERG_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME'),
         'basic_auth_password' => env('GOTENBERG_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD'),
     ],
-    'api' => [
-        'authenticated' => (int) env('API_RATE_LIMIT_AUTH_PER_MINUTE', 200),
-        'guest' => (int) env('API_RATE_LIMIT_GUEST_PER_MINUTE', 60),
-    ],
 ];