diff --git a/app/api/beat-audio/route.ts b/app/api/beat-audio/route.ts
index 5c7c8ee..7815d9b 100644
--- a/app/api/beat-audio/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/beat-audio/route.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { loadEngineConfig } from "@/lib/config";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
-// The synth itself has a 15s per-call ceiling in the engine. 30s here just
-// covers JSON parsing + outbound network buffer.
-export const maxDuration = 30;
 
 export async function POST(req: Request) {
   let body: BeatAudioRequest;
diff --git a/app/api/insert-beat/route.ts b/app/api/insert-beat/route.ts
index 2c82897..820b514 100644
--- a/app/api/insert-beat/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/insert-beat/route.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { loadEngineConfig } from "@/lib/config";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
-export const maxDuration = 60;
 
 export async function POST(req: Request) {
   let body: InsertBeatRequest;
diff --git a/app/api/parse-style-image/route.ts b/app/api/parse-style-image/route.ts
index 02d165e..6fb2d4d 100644
--- a/app/api/parse-style-image/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/parse-style-image/route.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { loadEngineConfig } from "@/lib/config";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
-export const maxDuration = 60;
 
 // Same rationale as /api/vision: the client resizes to 512px max-dim webp
 // (~30-80KB base64 typical) before upload, so 3 MB is generous headroom
diff --git a/app/api/scene/route.ts b/app/api/scene/route.ts
index bc9bcf1..ed25b0f 100644
--- a/app/api/scene/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/scene/route.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ function stripKnownVoices(
 }
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
-// Capped at 60 for Vercel Hobby (300 allowed on Pro). The scene pipeline is
-// Writer + CharDesigner×N + Cinematographer + Painter — happy path 9–12s; the
-// tail (cold provider, multiple new characters) can push 30–45s, so 60 is a
-// reasonable headroom on Hobby.
-export const maxDuration = 60;
 
 export async function POST(req: Request) {
   let body: SceneRequest;
diff --git a/app/api/start/route.ts b/app/api/start/route.ts
index 467680b..3ce3169 100644
--- a/app/api/start/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/start/route.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { loadEngineConfig } from "@/lib/config";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
-export const maxDuration = 60;
 
 // Matches /api/vision and /api/parse-style-image — the user's resized 512px
 // webp is ~30-80 KB; this caps pathological direct-API payloads (which would
diff --git a/app/api/vision/route.ts b/app/api/vision/route.ts
index 6f294df..3bd2d59 100644
--- a/app/api/vision/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/vision/route.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { loadEngineConfig } from "@/lib/config";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
-export const maxDuration = 60;
 
 // Browser annotator resizes to 768 wide → typically 200-800 KB base64.
 // 3 MB caps abusive direct-API payloads (which would inflate upstream
diff --git a/vercel.json b/vercel.json
index 4ccec08..a667db8 100644
--- a/vercel.json
+++ b/vercel.json
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://openapi.vercel.sh/vercel.json",
-  "framework": "nextjs",
-  "functions": {
-    "app/api/start/route.ts":       { "maxDuration": 60 },
-    "app/api/scene/route.ts":       { "maxDuration": 60 },
-    "app/api/vision/route.ts":      { "maxDuration": 60 },
-    "app/api/insert-beat/route.ts": { "maxDuration": 60 },
-    "app/api/beat-audio/route.ts":  { "maxDuration": 30 }
-  }
+  "framework": "nextjs"
 }