diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts
index 05f0f60b4..4994d64d5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ const logger = buildLogger('app.dispatch')
 export function speechServiceRouter() {
   const router = express.Router()
 
-  router.options(
-    '/auto-synthesis',
-    cors<express.Request>({ ...corsConfig, maxAge: 600 })
-  )
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
   router.post('/auto-synthesize', async (req, res) => {
     logger.info('auto-synthesize')
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts b/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts
index f3f9a883f..19a2df42f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const shouldSynthesize = async (
   userId: string,
   page: Page
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
-  if (process.env.TEXT_TO_SPEECH_BETA_TEST === 'true') {
+  if (process.env.TEXT_TO_SPEECH_BETA_TEST) {
     return true
   }