diff --git a/changelog/change_revert_merge_pull_request_823_from.md b/changelog/change_revert_merge_pull_request_823_from.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..739d0c3d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/change_revert_merge_pull_request_823_from.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#829](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop-rails/pull/829): Revert "Extends `Rails/HttpStatus` cop to check `routes.rb`" introduced in 2.17.0. ([@jdufresne][])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status.rb
index 7b9d6e4d33..b80498c27e 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ module Rails
       #   render plain: 'foo/bar', status: 304
       #   redirect_to root_url, status: 301
       #   head 200
-      #   get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: 301)
       #
       #   # good
       #   render :foo, status: :ok
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ module Rails
       #   render plain: 'foo/bar', status: :not_modified
       #   redirect_to root_url, status: :moved_permanently
       #   head :ok
-      #   get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: :moved_permanently)
       #
       # @example EnforcedStyle: numeric
       #   # bad
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ module Rails
       #   render plain: 'foo/bar', status: :not_modified
       #   redirect_to root_url, status: :moved_permanently
       #   head :ok
-      #   get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: :moved_permanently)
       #
       #   # good
       #   render :foo, status: 200
@@ -37,20 +34,18 @@ module Rails
       #   render plain: 'foo/bar', status: 304
       #   redirect_to root_url, status: 301
       #   head 200
-      #   get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: 301)
       #
       class HttpStatus < Base
         include ConfigurableEnforcedStyle
         extend AutoCorrector
 
-        RESTRICT_ON_SEND = %i[render redirect_to head redirect].freeze
+        RESTRICT_ON_SEND = %i[render redirect_to head].freeze
 
         def_node_matcher :http_status, <<~PATTERN
           {
             (send nil? {:render :redirect_to} _ $hash)
             (send nil? {:render :redirect_to} $hash)
             (send nil? :head ${int sym} ...)
-            (send nil? :redirect _ $hash)
           }
         PATTERN
 
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status_spec.rb
index f254746e47..4500be01ce 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/http_status_spec.rb
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
              ^^^ Prefer `:ok` over `200` to define HTTP status code.
         head 200, location: 'accounts'
              ^^^ Prefer `:ok` over `200` to define HTTP status code.
-        get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: 301)
-                                                           ^^^ Prefer `:moved_permanently` over `301` to define HTTP status code.
       RUBY
 
       expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
         redirect_to root_path(utm_source: :pr, utm_medium: :web), status: :moved_permanently
         head :ok
         head :ok, location: 'accounts'
-        get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: :moved_permanently)
       RUBY
     end
 
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@
         redirect_to root_url, status: :moved_permanently
         redirect_to root_path(utm_source: :pr, utm_medium: :web), status: :moved_permanently
         head :ok
-        get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: :moved_permanently)
       RUBY
     end
 
@@ -62,7 +58,6 @@
         redirect_to root_url, status: 550
         redirect_to root_path(utm_source: :pr, utm_medium: :web), status: 550
         head 550
-        get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: 550)
       RUBY
     end
   end
@@ -90,8 +85,6 @@
              ^^^ Prefer `200` over `:ok` to define HTTP status code.
         head :ok, location: 'accounts'
              ^^^ Prefer `200` over `:ok` to define HTTP status code.
-        get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: :moved_permanently)
-                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prefer `301` over `:moved_permanently` to define HTTP status code.
       RUBY
 
       expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
@@ -104,7 +97,6 @@
         redirect_to root_path(utm_source: :pr, utm_medium: :web), status: 301
         head 200
         head 200, location: 'accounts'
-        get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: 301)
       RUBY
     end
 
@@ -116,7 +108,6 @@
         redirect_to root_url, status: 301
         redirect_to root_path(utm_source: :pr, utm_medium: :web), status: 301
         head 200
-        get '/foobar', to: redirect('/foobar/baz', status: 301)
       RUBY
     end