diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70fbd0c..e772320 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 /target
 /.direnv
 /config.toml
-/temp
-/files
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e09bbeb..79e2f39 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -807,15 +807,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "eyre",
  "figment",
- "futures-util",
- "hex",
  "http",
  "serde",
- "sha2",
  "sqlx",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -1688,19 +1684,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5419f34732d9eb6ee4c3578b7989078579b7f039cbbb9ca2c4da015749371e15"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b0b1bf0..087b06d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,15 +7,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 axum = { version = "0.6.20", default-features = false, features = ["http1", "json", "macros", "matched-path", "tokio", "tower-log", "tracing"] }
 eyre = "0.6.8"
 figment = { version = "0.10.11", features = ["env", "toml"] }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.30", default-features = false }
-hex = "0.4.3"
 http = "0.2.9"
 serde = { version = "1.0.189", features = ["derive"] }
-sha2 = "0.10.8"
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["runtime-tokio", "postgres", "uuid"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.51"
-tokio = { version = "1.33.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "fs", "io-std"] }
-tokio-util = { version = "0.7.10", features = ["io"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.33.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 02d734f..c34dfd1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
           buildInputs = [
             cargo
             rustc
-            clippy
             fenix.packages.${system}.latest.rustfmt
             rust-analyzer
             pkg-config
diff --git a/src/app/api/files.rs b/src/app/api/files.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d720777..0000000
--- a/src/app/api/files.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-use axum::{
-    extract::{BodyStream, State},
-    routing::post,
-    Json, Router,
-};
-use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
-use serde::Serialize;
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-use sqlx::PgPool;
-use tokio::{
-    fs::{self, File},
-    io,
-};
-use tokio_util::io::StreamReader;
-use tracing::{error, field, info, instrument};
-use ulid::Ulid;
-
-use crate::error::AppError;
-
-pub fn router(db: PgPool) -> Router {
-    Router::new().route("/", post(upload_file)).with_state(db)
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
-struct UploadedFile {
-    id: Ulid,
-    hash: String,
-}
-
-#[instrument(skip(body))]
-async fn upload_file(
-    State(_db): State<PgPool>,
-    body: BodyStream,
-) -> Result<Json<UploadedFile>, AppError> {
-    let id_temp = Ulid::new();
-    let file_path_temp = PathBuf::from("temp").join(id_temp.to_string());
-    let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
-
-    {
-        let mut file_temp = File::create(&file_path_temp).await?;
-
-        let better_body = body
-            .inspect_ok(|b| hasher.update(b))
-            .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, err));
-        let mut reader = StreamReader::new(better_body);
-
-        if let Err(err) = io::copy(&mut reader, &mut file_temp).await {
-            error!(
-                err = field::display(&err),
-                file_path = field::debug(&file_path_temp),
-                "failed to copy file, removing",
-            );
-
-            drop(file_temp);
-            if let Err(err) = fs::remove_file(file_path_temp).await {
-                error!(
-                    err = field::display(err),
-                    "failed to remove failed upload file",
-                );
-            }
-
-            return Err(err.into());
-        }
-    }
-
-    let hash = hasher.finalize();
-    let hash_hex = hex::encode(hash);
-    let file_path_hash = PathBuf::from("files").join(&hash_hex);
-
-    if fs::try_exists(&file_path_hash).await? {
-        info!(hash = hash_hex, "file already exists");
-        if let Err(err) = fs::remove_file(&file_path_temp).await {
-            error!(err = field::display(&err), "failed to remove temp file");
-        }
-    } else if let Err(err) = fs::rename(&file_path_temp, &file_path_hash).await {
-        error!(err = field::display(&err), "failed to move finished file");
-        if let Err(err) = fs::remove_file(&file_path_temp).await {
-            error!(
-                err = field::display(&err),
-                "failed to remove file after failed rename",
-            );
-        }
-        return Err(err.into());
-    }
-
-    Ok(Json(UploadedFile {
-        id: id_temp,
-        hash: hash_hex,
-    }))
-}
diff --git a/src/app/api/mod.rs b/src/app/api/mod.rs
index 7356308..70f8a7f 100644
--- a/src/app/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/api/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-mod files;
 mod links;
 
 use axum::Router;
 use sqlx::PgPool;
 
 pub fn router(db: PgPool) -> Router {
-    Router::new()
-        .nest("/files", files::router(db.clone()))
-        .nest("/links", links::router(db))
+    Router::new().nest("/links", links::router(db))
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 269ca3b..0ec0d94 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ pub enum AppError {
     #[error("database error")]
     Database(#[from] sqlx::Error),
     #[error(transparent)]
-    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
-    #[error(transparent)]
     Other(#[from] eyre::Report),
 }
 
@@ -35,11 +33,6 @@ impl IntoResponse for AppError {
                 "A database error has occured",
             )
                 .into_response(),
-            Self::Io(_) => (
-                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-                "An I/O error has occured",
-            )
-                .into_response(),
             Self::Other(err) => (
                 StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                 format!("An error has occured:\n{err:?}"),