diff --git a/app/client/start-https.sh b/app/client/start-https.sh
index c3c706dc21cd..6db241af1251 100755
--- a/app/client/start-https.sh
+++ b/app/client/start-https.sh
@@ -294,10 +294,6 @@ $(if [[ $use_https == 1 ]]; then echo "
 
         location /api {
             proxy_pass $backend;
-
-            gzip off; # Etag stripped from upstream if gzip is off. 
-            # Ref1: https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,242807,242810#msg-242810
-            # Ref2: https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reverse-proxy-deleting-etag-header-from-response/246209/2
             # Delete the Cache-Control header set in the server block above.
             add_header Cache-Control '' always;
             # Proxy pass the Cache-Control header from the upstream.
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/ConsolidatedAPIServiceCEImpl.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/ConsolidatedAPIServiceCEImpl.java
index c9263d484a2a..0e8c54d51156 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/ConsolidatedAPIServiceCEImpl.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/ConsolidatedAPIServiceCEImpl.java
@@ -692,7 +692,11 @@ private boolean isPossibleToCreateQueryWithoutDatasource(Plugin plugin) {
             byte[] hashBytes = digest.digest(consolidateAPISignatureJSON.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
             String etag = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(hashBytes);
 
-            return etag;
+            // Strong Etags are removed by nginx if gzip is enabled. Hence, we are using weak etags.
+            // Ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/1390
+            // Weak Etag format is: W/"<etag>"
+            // Ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/ETag
+            return "W/\"" + etag + "\"";
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error("Error while computing etag for ConsolidatedAPIResponseDTO", e);
             return "";
diff --git a/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/caddy-reconfigure.mjs b/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/caddy-reconfigure.mjs
index edd4ebd710fb..c2d05cff933a 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/caddy-reconfigure.mjs
+++ b/deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/caddy-reconfigure.mjs
@@ -130,15 +130,6 @@ parts.push(`
     import file_server
   }
 
-  handle /api/v1/consolidated-api/view {
-    reverse_proxy {
-      to 127.0.0.1:8080
-      header_up -Forwarded
-      header_up X-Appsmith-Request-Id {http.request.uuid}
-      header_down +Etag
-    }
-  }
-
   @backend path /api/* /oauth2/* /login/*
   handle @backend {
     import reverse_proxy 8080