diff --git a/src/repo.rs b/src/repo.rs
index 9cbccc5..dfe3fcb 100644
--- a/src/repo.rs
+++ b/src/repo.rs
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ where
 pub(crate) trait SettingsRepo: BaseRepo {
     async fn set(&self, key: &'static str, value: Arc<[u8]>) -> Result<(), RepoError>;
     async fn get(&self, key: &'static str) -> Result<Option<Arc<[u8]>>, RepoError>;
-    async fn remove(&self, key: &'static str) -> Result<(), RepoError>;
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
@@ -459,10 +458,6 @@ where
     async fn get(&self, key: &'static str) -> Result<Option<Arc<[u8]>>, RepoError> {
         T::get(self, key).await
     }
-
-    async fn remove(&self, key: &'static str) -> Result<(), RepoError> {
-        T::remove(self, key).await
-    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
diff --git a/src/repo/postgres.rs b/src/repo/postgres.rs
index 6a546a9..cae7d09 100644
--- a/src/repo/postgres.rs
+++ b/src/repo/postgres.rs
@@ -1412,24 +1412,6 @@ impl SettingsRepo for PostgresRepo {
 
         Ok(opt)
     }
-
-    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
-    async fn remove(&self, input_key: &'static str) -> Result<(), RepoError> {
-        use schema::settings::dsl::*;
-
-        let mut conn = self.get_connection().await?;
-
-        diesel::delete(settings)
-            .filter(key.eq(input_key))
-            .execute(&mut conn)
-            .with_metrics(crate::init_metrics::POSTGRES_SETTINGS_REMOVE)
-            .with_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5))
-            .await
-            .map_err(|_| PostgresError::DbTimeout)?
-            .map_err(PostgresError::Diesel)?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
diff --git a/src/repo/sled.rs b/src/repo/sled.rs
index 575aa1e..af0e2cd 100644
--- a/src/repo/sled.rs
+++ b/src/repo/sled.rs
@@ -945,13 +945,6 @@ impl SettingsRepo for SledRepo {
 
         Ok(opt.map(|ivec| Arc::from(ivec.to_vec())))
     }
-
-    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self))]
-    async fn remove(&self, key: &'static str) -> Result<(), RepoError> {
-        b!(self.settings, settings.remove(key));
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
 
 fn variant_access_key(hash: &[u8], variant: &str) -> Vec<u8> {