diff --git a/.changeset/ninety-balloons-stare.md b/.changeset/ninety-balloons-stare.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..621eac424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ninety-balloons-stare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphprotocol/graph-cli': patch
+---
+
+remove ipfs check for studio deploys
diff --git a/.changeset/real-eggs-teach.md b/.changeset/real-eggs-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9b5e34cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/real-eggs-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphprotocol/graph-cli': minor
+---
+
+Part of the Hosted Service migration throw an error when users are trying to use `hosted-service` product in `graph [auth|deploy|init]` commands.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/command-helpers/compiler.ts b/packages/cli/src/command-helpers/compiler.ts
index 297f06427..d335a1f90 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/command-helpers/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/command-helpers/compiler.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface CreateCompilerOptions {
   outputDir: string;
   outputFormat: string;
   skipMigrations: boolean;
+  // TODO: Remove this is unused
   blockIpfsMethods?: RegExpMatchArray;
   protocol: Protocol;
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/auth.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/auth.ts
index c677f8517..ce3b028d4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/auth.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ export default class AuthCommand extends Command {
         required: true,
       }));
 
+    // Poor var naming will cleanup later
+    ({ node } = chooseNodeUrl({ product: node, studio: false }));
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line -- prettier has problems with ||=
     deployKey =
       deployKey ||
@@ -68,6 +71,10 @@ export default class AuthCommand extends Command {
       this.error('✖ Deploy key must not exceed 200 characters', { exit: 1 });
     }
 
+    if (product === 'hosted-service' || node?.match(/api.thegraph.com/)) {
+      this.error('✖ The hosted service is deprecated', { exit: 1 });
+    }
+
     try {
       await saveDeployKey(node!, deployKey);
       print.success(`Deploy key set for ${node}`);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/deploy.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/deploy.ts
index c538eecc3..00a9ab2e8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/deploy.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ export default class DeployCommand extends Command {
           ])
           .then(({ product }) => product as string));
 
+    if (product === 'hosted-service') {
+      this.error('✖ The hosted service is deprecated', { exit: 1 });
+    }
+
     const { node } = chooseNodeUrl({
       product,
       studio,
@@ -455,7 +459,7 @@ export default class DeployCommand extends Command {
       outputDir,
       outputFormat: 'wasm',
       skipMigrations,
-      blockIpfsMethods: isStudio || undefined, // Network does not support publishing subgraphs with IPFS methods
+      blockIpfsMethods: undefined,
       protocol,
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
index d9966eb4e..2712d78db 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ export default class InitCommand extends Command {
     } = flags;
 
     initDebugger('Flags: %O', flags);
+
+    if (product === 'hosted-service') {
+      this.error('✖ The hosted service is deprecated', { exit: 1 });
+    }
+
     let { node, allowSimpleName } = chooseNodeUrl({
       product,
       // if we are loading example, we want to ensure we are using studio
@@ -595,6 +600,10 @@ async function processInitForm(
       },
     ]);
 
+    if (product == 'hosted-service') {
+      this.error('✖ The hosted service is deprecated', { exit: 1 });
+    }
+
     const { subgraphName } = await prompt.ask<{ subgraphName: string }>([
       {
         type: 'input',
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/cli/init.test.ts b/packages/cli/tests/cli/init.test.ts
index 8218ab1fb..8f8a9bbfc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/cli/init.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/cli/init.test.ts
@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ describe.sequential(
           '--skip-git',
           '--protocol',
           'near',
-          '--product',
-          'hosted-service',
+          '--studio',
           '--from-contract',
           'app.good-morning.near',
           '--network',