diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/remove-well-known-oidc-middleware.md b/changelog/unreleased/remove-well-known-oidc-middleware.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..888dd40b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/remove-well-known-oidc-middleware.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Enhancement: Introduce staticroutes package & remove well-known OIDC middleware
+
+We have introduced a new static routes package to the proxy. This package
+is responsible for serving static files and oidc well-known endpoint `/.well-known/openid-configuration`.
+We have removed the well-known middleware for OIDC and moved it
+to the newly introduced static routes module in the proxy.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/6095
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/8541
+
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go b/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
index a3739163e9..41ff934228 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@ package command
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	chimiddleware "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
-	"github.com/go-chi/render"
 	"github.com/justinas/alice"
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -135,13 +133,13 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				proxy.Config(cfg),
 			)
 
-			lh := StaticRouteHandler{
-				prefix:        cfg.HTTP.Root,
-				userInfoCache: userInfoCache,
-				logger:        logger,
-				config:        *cfg,
-				oidcClient:    oidcClient,
-				proxy:         rp,
+			lh := staticroutes.StaticRouteHandler{
+				Prefix:        cfg.HTTP.Root,
+				UserInfoCache: userInfoCache,
+				Logger:        logger,
+				Config:        *cfg,
+				OidcClient:    oidcClient,
+				Proxy:         rp,
 			}
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize reverse proxy: %w", err)
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 			{
 				middlewares := loadMiddlewares(ctx, logger, cfg, userInfoCache, signingKeyStore, traceProvider, *m)
 				server, err := proxyHTTP.Server(
-					proxyHTTP.Handler(lh.handler()),
+					proxyHTTP.Handler(lh.Handler()),
 					proxyHTTP.Logger(logger),
 					proxyHTTP.Context(ctx),
 					proxyHTTP.Config(cfg),
@@ -201,94 +199,6 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 	}
 }
 
-// StaticRouteHandler defines a Route Handler for static routes
-type StaticRouteHandler struct {
-	prefix        string
-	proxy         http.Handler
-	userInfoCache microstore.Store
-	logger        log.Logger
-	config        config.Config
-	oidcClient    oidc.OIDCClient
-}
-
-func (h *StaticRouteHandler) handler() http.Handler {
-	m := chi.NewMux()
-	m.Route(h.prefix, func(r chi.Router) {
-		// Wrapper for backchannel logout
-		r.Post("/backchannel_logout", h.backchannelLogout)
-
-		// TODO: migrate oidc well knowns here in a second wrapper
-
-		// Send all requests to the proxy handler
-		r.HandleFunc("/*", h.proxy.ServeHTTP)
-	})
-
-	// Also send requests for methods unknown to chi to the proxy handler as well
-	m.MethodNotAllowed(h.proxy.ServeHTTP)
-
-	return m
-}
-
-type jse struct {
-	Error            string `json:"error"`
-	ErrorDescription string `json:"error_description"`
-}
-
-// handle backchannel logout requests as per https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-backchannel-1_0.html#BCRequest
-func (h *StaticRouteHandler) backchannelLogout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	// parse the application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST request
-	logger := h.logger.SubloggerWithRequestID(r.Context())
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("ParseForm failed")
-		render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
-		render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
-		return
-	}
-
-	logoutToken, err := h.oidcClient.VerifyLogoutToken(r.Context(), r.PostFormValue("logout_token"))
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("VerifyLogoutToken failed")
-		render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
-		render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
-		return
-	}
-
-	records, err := h.userInfoCache.Read(logoutToken.SessionId)
-	if errors.Is(err, microstore.ErrNotFound) || len(records) == 0 {
-		render.Status(r, http.StatusOK)
-		render.JSON(w, r, nil)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Error reading userinfo cache")
-		render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
-		render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
-		return
-	}
-
-	for _, record := range records {
-		err = h.userInfoCache.Delete(string(record.Value))
-		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, microstore.ErrNotFound) {
-			// Spec requires us to return a 400 BadRequest when the session could not be destroyed
-			logger.Err(err).Msg("could not delete user info from cache")
-			render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
-			render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
-			return
-		}
-		logger.Debug().Msg("Deleted userinfo from cache")
-	}
-
-	// we can ignore errors when cleaning up the lookup table
-	err = h.userInfoCache.Delete(logoutToken.SessionId)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Debug().Err(err).Msg("Failed to cleanup sessionid lookup entry")
-	}
-
-	render.Status(r, http.StatusOK)
-	render.JSON(w, r, nil)
-}
-
 func loadMiddlewares(ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, cfg *config.Config, userInfoCache, signingKeyStore microstore.Store, traceProvider trace.TracerProvider, metrics metrics.Metrics) alice.Chain {
 	rolesClient := settingssvc.NewRoleService("com.owncloud.api.settings", cfg.GrpcClient)
 	policiesProviderClient := policiessvc.NewPoliciesProviderService("com.owncloud.api.policies", cfg.GrpcClient)
@@ -403,11 +313,6 @@ func loadMiddlewares(ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, cfg *config.Config,
 		chimiddleware.RequestID,
 		middleware.AccessLog(logger),
 		middleware.HTTPSRedirect,
-		middleware.OIDCWellKnownRewrite(
-			logger, cfg.OIDC.Issuer,
-			cfg.OIDC.RewriteWellKnown,
-			oidcHTTPClient,
-		),
 		router.Middleware(cfg.PolicySelector, cfg.Policies, logger),
 		middleware.Authentication(
 			authenticators,
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/middleware/oidc_well-known.go b/services/proxy/pkg/middleware/oidc_well-known.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9957d83822..0000000000
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/middleware/oidc_well-known.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package middleware
-
-import (
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"path"
-
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
-)
-
-var (
-	wellKnownPath = "/.well-known/openid-configuration"
-)
-
-// OIDCWellKnownRewrite is a middleware that rewrites the /.well-known/openid-configuration endpoint for external IDPs.
-func OIDCWellKnownRewrite(logger log.Logger, oidcISS string, rewrite bool, oidcClient *http.Client) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
-
-	oidcURL, _ := url.Parse(oidcISS)
-	oidcURL.Path = path.Join(oidcURL.Path, wellKnownPath)
-
-	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			if rewrite && path.Clean(r.URL.Path) == wellKnownPath {
-
-				wellKnownRes, err := oidcClient.Get(oidcURL.String())
-				if err != nil {
-					logger.Error().
-						Err(err).
-						Str("middleware", "oidc wellknown rewrite").
-						Str("url", oidcURL.String()).
-						Msg("get information from url failed")
-					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-					return
-				}
-
-				defer wellKnownRes.Body.Close()
-
-				copyHeader(w.Header(), wellKnownRes.Header)
-				w.WriteHeader(wellKnownRes.StatusCode)
-				io.Copy(w, wellKnownRes.Body)
-
-				return
-			}
-			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func copyHeader(dst, src http.Header) {
-	for k, vv := range src {
-		for _, v := range vv {
-			dst.Add(k, v)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/backchannellogout.go b/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/backchannellogout.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..941c5cae70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/backchannellogout.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package staticroutes
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/render"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	microstore "go-micro.dev/v4/store"
+)
+
+// handle backchannel logout requests as per https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-backchannel-1_0.html#BCRequest
+func (s *StaticRouteHandler) backchannelLogout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// parse the application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST request
+	logger := s.Logger.SubloggerWithRequestID(r.Context())
+	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+		logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("ParseForm failed")
+		render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
+		render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	logoutToken, err := s.OidcClient.VerifyLogoutToken(r.Context(), r.PostFormValue("logout_token"))
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("VerifyLogoutToken failed")
+		render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
+		render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	records, err := s.UserInfoCache.Read(logoutToken.SessionId)
+	if errors.Is(err, microstore.ErrNotFound) || len(records) == 0 {
+		render.Status(r, http.StatusOK)
+		render.JSON(w, r, nil)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Error reading userinfo cache")
+		render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
+		render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, record := range records {
+		err = s.UserInfoCache.Delete(string(record.Value))
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, microstore.ErrNotFound) {
+			// Spec requires us to return a 400 BadRequest when the session could not be destroyed
+			logger.Err(err).Msg("could not delete user info from cache")
+			render.Status(r, http.StatusBadRequest)
+			render.JSON(w, r, jse{Error: "invalid_request", ErrorDescription: err.Error()})
+			return
+		}
+		logger.Debug().Msg("Deleted userinfo from cache")
+	}
+
+	// we can ignore errors when cleaning up the lookup table
+	err = s.UserInfoCache.Delete(logoutToken.SessionId)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Debug().Err(err).Msg("Failed to cleanup sessionid lookup entry")
+	}
+
+	render.Status(r, http.StatusOK)
+	render.JSON(w, r, nil)
+}
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/oidc_well-known.go b/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/oidc_well-known.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cbd4bff94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/oidc_well-known.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package staticroutes
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+var (
+	wellKnownPath = "/.well-known/openid-configuration"
+)
+
+// OIDCWellKnownRewrite is a handler that rewrites the /.well-known/openid-configuration endpoint for external IDPs.
+func (s *StaticRouteHandler) oIDCWellKnownRewrite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	wellKnownRes, err := s.OidcHttpClient.Get(s.oidcURL.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		s.Logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("handler", "oidc wellknown rewrite").
+			Str("url", s.oidcURL.String()).
+			Msg("get information from url failed")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	defer wellKnownRes.Body.Close()
+
+	copyHeader(w.Header(), wellKnownRes.Header)
+	w.WriteHeader(wellKnownRes.StatusCode)
+	_, err = io.Copy(w, wellKnownRes.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.Logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("handler", "oidc wellknown rewrite").
+			Msg("copying response body failed")
+
+	}
+}
+
+func copyHeader(dst, src http.Header) {
+	for k, vv := range src {
+		for _, v := range vv {
+			dst.Add(k, v)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/staticroutes.go b/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/staticroutes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e131d3b2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/staticroutes/staticroutes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package staticroutes
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/oidc"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/proxy/pkg/config"
+	microstore "go-micro.dev/v4/store"
+)
+
+// StaticRouteHandler defines a Route Handler for static routes
+type StaticRouteHandler struct {
+	Prefix         string
+	Proxy          http.Handler
+	UserInfoCache  microstore.Store
+	Logger         log.Logger
+	Config         config.Config
+	OidcClient     oidc.OIDCClient
+	OidcHttpClient *http.Client
+
+	oidcURL *url.URL
+}
+
+type jse struct {
+	Error            string `json:"error"`
+	ErrorDescription string `json:"error_description"`
+}
+
+func (s *StaticRouteHandler) Handler() http.Handler {
+	s.oidcURL, _ = url.Parse(s.Config.OIDC.Issuer)
+	s.oidcURL.Path = path.Join(s.oidcURL.Path, wellKnownPath)
+	m := chi.NewMux()
+	m.Route(s.Prefix, func(r chi.Router) {
+
+		// Wrapper for backchannel logout
+		r.Post("/backchannel_logout", s.backchannelLogout)
+
+		// openid .well-known
+		if s.Config.OIDC.RewriteWellKnown {
+			r.Get("/.well-known/openid-configuration", s.oIDCWellKnownRewrite)
+		}
+
+		// Send all requests to the proxy handler
+		r.HandleFunc("/*", s.Proxy.ServeHTTP)
+	})
+
+	// Also send requests for methods unknown to chi to the proxy handler as well
+	m.MethodNotAllowed(s.Proxy.ServeHTTP)
+
+	return m
+}