diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/guards/gql-team-member.guard.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/guards/gql-team-member.guard.ts
index afbff4b6c..d4a34ae56 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/guards/gql-team-member.guard.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/guards/gql-team-member.guard.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ export class GqlTeamMemberGuard implements CanActivate {
     if (!requireRoles) throw new Error(BUG_TEAM_NO_REQUIRE_TEAM_ROLE);
 
     const gqlExecCtx = GqlExecutionContext.create(context);
+    const { req, headers } = gqlExecCtx.getContext();
+    const user = headers ? headers.user : req.user;
 
-    const { user } = gqlExecCtx.getContext().req;
     if (user == undefined) throw new Error(BUG_AUTH_NO_USER_CTX);
 
     const { teamID } = gqlExecCtx.getArgs<{ teamID: string }>();
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/team.resolver.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/team.resolver.ts
index 8fad4b339..f9ffe2f9e 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/team.resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-backend/src/team/team.resolver.ts
@@ -226,41 +226,6 @@ export class TeamResolver {
     return isDeleted.right;
   }
 
-  @Mutation(() => TeamMember, {
-    description: 'Adds a team member to the team via email',
-    deprecationReason:
-      'This is only present for backwards compatibility and will be removed soon use team invitations instead',
-  })
-  @RequiresTeamRole(TeamMemberRole.OWNER)
-  @UseGuards(GqlAuthGuard, GqlTeamMemberGuard)
-  async addTeamMemberByEmail(
-    @Args({
-      name: 'teamID',
-      description: 'ID of the team to add to',
-      type: () => ID,
-    })
-    teamID: string,
-    @Args({
-      name: 'userEmail',
-      description: 'Email of the user to add to team',
-    })
-    userEmail: string,
-    @Args({
-      name: 'userRole',
-      description: 'The role of the user to add in the team',
-      type: () => TeamMemberRole,
-    })
-    role: TeamMemberRole,
-  ): Promise<TeamMember> {
-    const teamMember = await this.teamService.addMemberToTeamWithEmail(
-      teamID,
-      userEmail,
-      role,
-    );
-    if (E.isLeft(teamMember)) throwErr(teamMember.left);
-    return teamMember.right;
-  }
-
   @Mutation(() => TeamMember, {
     description: 'Update role of a team member the executing user owns',
   })