diff --git a/hws/config.go b/hws/config.go
index 241a528..428615d 100644
--- a/hws/config.go
+++ b/hws/config.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 type Config struct {
 	Host              string        // ENV HWS_HOST: Host to listen on (default: 127.0.0.1)
 	Port              uint64        // ENV HWS_PORT: Port to listen on (default: 3000)
-	TrustedHost       string        // ENV HWS_TRUSTED_HOST: Domain/Hostname to accept as trusted (default: same as Host)
 	GZIP              bool          // ENV HWS_GZIP: Flag for GZIP compression on requests (default: false)
 	ReadHeaderTimeout time.Duration // ENV HWS_READ_HEADER_TIMEOUT: Timeout for reading request headers in seconds (default: 2)
 	WriteTimeout      time.Duration // ENV HWS_WRITE_TIMEOUT: Timeout for writing requests in seconds (default: 10)
@@ -18,13 +17,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // ConfigFromEnv returns a Config struct loaded from the environment variables
 func ConfigFromEnv() (*Config, error) {
-	host := env.String("HWS_HOST", "127.0.0.1")
-	trustedHost := env.String("HWS_TRUSTED_HOST", host)
-
 	cfg := &Config{
-		Host:              host,
+		Host:              env.String("HWS_HOST", "127.0.0.1"),
 		Port:              env.UInt64("HWS_PORT", 3000),
-		TrustedHost:       trustedHost,
 		GZIP:              env.Bool("HWS_GZIP", false),
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(env.Int("HWS_READ_HEADER_TIMEOUT", 2)) * time.Second,
 		WriteTimeout:      time.Duration(env.Int("HWS_WRITE_TIMEOUT", 10)) * time.Second,
diff --git a/hws/config_test.go b/hws/config_test.go
index 8223bc0..246825b 100644
--- a/hws/config_test.go
+++ b/hws/config_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ func Test_ConfigFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		// Clear any existing env vars
 		os.Unsetenv("HWS_HOST")
 		os.Unsetenv("HWS_PORT")
-		os.Unsetenv("HWS_TRUSTED_HOST")
 		os.Unsetenv("HWS_GZIP")
 		os.Unsetenv("HWS_READ_HEADER_TIMEOUT")
 		os.Unsetenv("HWS_WRITE_TIMEOUT")
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ func Test_ConfigFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, "127.0.0.1", config.Host)
 		assert.Equal(t, uint64(3000), config.Port)
-		assert.Equal(t, "127.0.0.1", config.TrustedHost)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, config.GZIP)
 		assert.Equal(t, 2*time.Second, config.ReadHeaderTimeout)
 		assert.Equal(t, 10*time.Second, config.WriteTimeout)
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ func Test_ConfigFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		config, err := hws.ConfigFromEnv()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, "192.168.1.1", config.Host)
-		assert.Equal(t, "192.168.1.1", config.TrustedHost) // Should match host by default
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Custom port", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -53,18 +50,6 @@ func Test_ConfigFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, uint64(8080), config.Port)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("Custom trusted host", func(t *testing.T) {
-		os.Setenv("HWS_HOST", "127.0.0.1")
-		os.Setenv("HWS_TRUSTED_HOST", "example.com")
-		defer os.Unsetenv("HWS_HOST")
-		defer os.Unsetenv("HWS_TRUSTED_HOST")
-
-		config, err := hws.ConfigFromEnv()
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "127.0.0.1", config.Host)
-		assert.Equal(t, "example.com", config.TrustedHost)
-	})
-
 	t.Run("GZIP enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
 		os.Setenv("HWS_GZIP", "true")
 		defer os.Unsetenv("HWS_GZIP")
@@ -92,7 +77,6 @@ func Test_ConfigFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("All custom values", func(t *testing.T) {
 		os.Setenv("HWS_HOST", "0.0.0.0")
 		os.Setenv("HWS_PORT", "9000")
-		os.Setenv("HWS_TRUSTED_HOST", "myapp.com")
 		os.Setenv("HWS_GZIP", "true")
 		os.Setenv("HWS_READ_HEADER_TIMEOUT", "3")
 		os.Setenv("HWS_WRITE_TIMEOUT", "15")
@@ -100,7 +84,6 @@ func Test_ConfigFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		defer func() {
 			os.Unsetenv("HWS_HOST")
 			os.Unsetenv("HWS_PORT")
-			os.Unsetenv("HWS_TRUSTED_HOST")
 			os.Unsetenv("HWS_GZIP")
 			os.Unsetenv("HWS_READ_HEADER_TIMEOUT")
 			os.Unsetenv("HWS_WRITE_TIMEOUT")
@@ -111,7 +94,6 @@ func Test_ConfigFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, "0.0.0.0", config.Host)
 		assert.Equal(t, uint64(9000), config.Port)
-		assert.Equal(t, "myapp.com", config.TrustedHost)
 		assert.Equal(t, true, config.GZIP)
 		assert.Equal(t, 3*time.Second, config.ReadHeaderTimeout)
 		assert.Equal(t, 15*time.Second, config.WriteTimeout)