diff --git a/proxy/pkg/middleware/accesslog.go b/proxy/pkg/middleware/accesslog.go
index de2cdd48c31..c8c5adb143b 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/middleware/accesslog.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/middleware/accesslog.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -31,14 +30,3 @@ func AccessLog(logger log.Logger) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-// ExtractRequestID extracts the request ID from the context. Since we now use the go-chi middleware to write the request
-// id, this is propagated using the context, therefore read it from there.
-func ExtractRequestID(ctx context.Context) string {
-	var rid string
-	if v, ok := ctx.Value(chimiddleware.RequestIDKey).(string); ok {
-		rid = v
-	}
-
-	return rid
-}
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
index 315803d4fc9..f6b76ac237d 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/proxy/pkg/middleware"
+	chimiddleware "github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (p *MultiHostReverseProxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	span.SetAttributes(
 		attribute.KeyValue{
 			Key:   "x-request-id",
-			Value: attribute.StringValue(middleware.ExtractRequestID(r.Context())),
+			Value: attribute.StringValue(chimiddleware.GetReqID(r.Context())),
 		})
 
 	pkgtrace.Propagator.Inject(ctx, propagation.HeaderCarrier(r.Header))