diff --git a/proxy/src/bin/proxy.rs b/proxy/src/bin/proxy.rs
index e1affe8391..0d8d7fa654 100644
--- a/proxy/src/bin/proxy.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/bin/proxy.rs
@@ -505,13 +505,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 }
             }
 
-            if let Some(mut redis_kv_client) = redis_kv_client {
-                maintenance_tasks.spawn(async move {
-                    redis_kv_client.try_connect().await?;
-                    handle_cancel_messages(&mut redis_kv_client, rx_cancel).await
-                });
-            }
-
             if let Some(regional_redis_client) = regional_redis_client {
                 let cache = api.caches.endpoints_cache.clone();
                 let con = regional_redis_client;
@@ -524,6 +517,15 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         }
     }
 
+    if let Some(mut redis_kv_client) = redis_kv_client {
+        maintenance_tasks.spawn(async move {
+            if let Err(err) = redis_kv_client.try_connect().await {
+                tracing::error!(?err, "could not connect to redis")
+            }
+            handle_cancel_messages(&mut redis_kv_client, rx_cancel).await
+        });
+    }
+
     let maintenance = loop {
         // get one complete task
         match futures::future::select(
diff --git a/proxy/src/redis/cancellation_publisher.rs b/proxy/src/redis/cancellation_publisher.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d8b83e60..0000000000
--- a/proxy/src/redis/cancellation_publisher.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-use core::net::IpAddr;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use pq_proto::CancelKeyData;
-use tokio::sync::Mutex;
-use uuid::Uuid;
-
-use super::connection_with_credentials_provider::ConnectionWithCredentialsProvider;
-use crate::rate_limiter::{GlobalRateLimiter, RateBucketInfo};
-
-pub trait CancellationPublisherMut: Send + Sync + 'static {
-    #[allow(async_fn_in_trait)]
-    async fn try_publish(
-        &mut self,
-        cancel_key_data: CancelKeyData,
-        session_id: Uuid,
-        peer_addr: IpAddr,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
-}
-
-pub trait CancellationPublisher: Send + Sync + 'static {
-    #[allow(async_fn_in_trait)]
-    async fn try_publish(
-        &self,
-        cancel_key_data: CancelKeyData,
-        session_id: Uuid,
-        peer_addr: IpAddr,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
-}
-
-impl CancellationPublisher for () {
-    async fn try_publish(
-        &self,
-        _cancel_key_data: CancelKeyData,
-        _session_id: Uuid,
-        _peer_addr: IpAddr,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl<P: CancellationPublisher> CancellationPublisherMut for P {
-    async fn try_publish(
-        &mut self,
-        cancel_key_data: CancelKeyData,
-        session_id: Uuid,
-        peer_addr: IpAddr,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        <P as CancellationPublisher>::try_publish(self, cancel_key_data, session_id, peer_addr)
-            .await
-    }
-}
-
-impl<P: CancellationPublisher> CancellationPublisher for Option<P> {
-    async fn try_publish(
-        &self,
-        cancel_key_data: CancelKeyData,
-        session_id: Uuid,
-        peer_addr: IpAddr,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        if let Some(p) = self {
-            p.try_publish(cancel_key_data, session_id, peer_addr).await
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<P: CancellationPublisherMut> CancellationPublisher for Arc<Mutex<P>> {
-    async fn try_publish(
-        &self,
-        cancel_key_data: CancelKeyData,
-        session_id: Uuid,
-        peer_addr: IpAddr,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        self.lock()
-            .await
-            .try_publish(cancel_key_data, session_id, peer_addr)
-            .await
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct RedisPublisherClient {
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    client: ConnectionWithCredentialsProvider,
-    _region_id: String,
-    _limiter: GlobalRateLimiter,
-}
-
-impl RedisPublisherClient {
-    pub fn new(
-        client: ConnectionWithCredentialsProvider,
-        region_id: String,
-        info: &'static [RateBucketInfo],
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            client,
-            _region_id: region_id,
-            _limiter: GlobalRateLimiter::new(info.into()),
-        })
-    }
-
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    pub(crate) async fn try_connect(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        match self.client.connect().await {
-            Ok(()) => {}
-            Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!("failed to connect to redis: {e}");
-                return Err(e);
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/proxy/src/redis/mod.rs b/proxy/src/redis/mod.rs
index 8b46a8e6ca..4f5e24ab5f 100644
--- a/proxy/src/redis/mod.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/redis/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pub mod cancellation_publisher;
 pub mod connection_with_credentials_provider;
 pub mod elasticache;
 pub mod keys;