diff --git a/apps/web/app/(site)/blog/[slug]/page.tsx b/apps/web/app/(site)/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
index 98cdba0..09c4cce 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/(site)/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/(site)/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
 import { notFound, redirect } from "next/navigation";
-import { getPayloadHMR } from "@payloadcms/next/utilities";
-import configPromise from "@payload-config";
+
 import { getAllPosts } from "@/src/lib/posts";
 import { BlogPostHeader } from "@/src/components/blog/BlogPostHeader";
 import { Section } from "@/src/components/Section";
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ import { BlogPostClient } from "@/src/components/BlogPostClient";
 import { TextSelectionShare } from "@/src/components/TextSelectionShare";
 import { BlogPostStickyBar } from "@/src/components/blog/BlogPostStickyBar";
 import { MDXContent } from "@/src/components/MDXContent";
-import { PayloadRichText } from "@/src/components/PayloadRichText";
+
 import { TableOfContents } from "@/src/components/TableOfContents";
 
 export async function generateStaticParams() {
@@ -58,18 +57,6 @@ export default async function BlogPostPage({
   const post = allPosts.find((p) => p.slug === slug);
 
   if (!post) {
-    const payload = await getPayloadHMR({ config: configPromise });
-    const redirectDoc = await payload.find({
-      collection: "redirects",
-      where: {
-        from: { equals: slug },
-      },
-    });
-
-    if (redirectDoc.docs.length > 0) {
-      redirect(`/blog/${redirectDoc.docs[0].to}`);
-    }
-
     notFound();
   }
 
@@ -119,11 +106,7 @@ export default async function BlogPostPage({
 
               <div className="article-content max-w-none">
                 <TableOfContents />
-                {post.lexicalContent ? (
-                  <PayloadRichText data={post.lexicalContent} />
-                ) : (
-                  <MDXContent code={post.body.code} />
-                )}
+                  <MDXContent code={post.mdxContent || ""} />
               </div>
             </Reveal>
           </div>
diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/health/cms/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/health/cms/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8945064..0000000
--- a/apps/web/app/api/health/cms/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
-import { getPayload } from "payload";
-import configPromise from "@payload-config";
-
-export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
-
-/**
- * Deep CMS Health Check
- * Validates that Payload CMS can actually query the database.
- * Used by post-deploy smoke tests to catch migration/schema issues.
- */
-export async function GET() {
-  const checks: Record<string, string> = {};
-
-  try {
-    const payload = await getPayload({ config: configPromise });
-    checks.init = "ok";
-
-    // Verify each collection can be queried (catches missing locale tables, broken migrations)
-    // Adjusted for mintel.me collections
-    const collections = ["posts", "projects", "media", "inquiries"] as const;
-    for (const collection of collections) {
-      try {
-        await payload.find({ collection, limit: 1 });
-        checks[collection] = "ok";
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        checks[collection] = `error: ${e.message?.substring(0, 100)}`;
-      }
-    }
-
-    const hasErrors = Object.values(checks).some((v) => v.startsWith("error"));
-    return NextResponse.json(
-      { status: hasErrors ? "degraded" : "ok", checks },
-      { status: hasErrors ? 503 : 200 },
-    );
-  } catch (e: any) {
-    return NextResponse.json(
-      { status: "error", message: e.message?.substring(0, 200), checks },
-      { status: 503 },
-    );
-  }
-}