diff --git a/backend/src/services/downloadCache/index.ts b/backend/src/services/downloadCache/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fc69d2..0000000
--- a/backend/src/services/downloadCache/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { LRUCache } from 'lru-cache'
-
-const cache = new LRUCache<string, Buffer>({
-  maxSize: Number(process.env.MAX_CACHE_SIZE),
-})
-
-const has = (cid: string) => cache.has(cid)
-
-const get = (cid: string) => {
-  const value = cache.get(cid)
-  if (!value) {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  return async function* () {
-    yield value
-  }
-}
-
-const set = async function* (
-  cid: string,
-  value: AsyncIterable<Buffer>,
-): AsyncIterable<Buffer> {
-  let buffer = Buffer.alloc(0)
-  for await (const chunk of value) {
-    buffer = Buffer.concat([buffer, chunk])
-    yield chunk
-  }
-  cache.set(cid, buffer)
-}
-
-export const downloadCache = {
-  has,
-  get,
-  set,
-}