diff --git a/gatekeeper.js b/gatekeeper.js
index a600bc58..18ea5752 100644
--- a/gatekeeper.js
+++ b/gatekeeper.js
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ import { base58btc } from 'multiformats/bases/base58';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import canonicalize from 'canonicalize';
 import { createHelia } from 'helia';
-import { FsBlockstore } from 'blockstore-fs';
-import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-
 import * as cipher from './cipher.js';
 import config from './config.js';
 
@@ -84,8 +81,6 @@ let ipfs = null;
 
 export async function start() {
     if (!ipfs) {
-        const blockstore = new FsBlockstore(`${dataFolder}/ipfs`);
-        //helia = await createHelia({ blockstore });
         helia = await createHelia();
         ipfs = json(helia);
     }
@@ -120,13 +115,6 @@ function submitTxn(did, registry, operation, time, ordinal = 0) {
 }
 
 export async function anchorSeed(seed) {
-    // let t0, t1;
-
-    // t0 = performance.now();
-    // const cid = await ipfs.add(JSON.parse(canonicalize(seed)));
-    // t1 = performance.now();
-    // console.log("Adding seed to IPFS took " + (t1 - t0) + " milliseconds.");
-
     const cid = await ipfs.add(JSON.parse(canonicalize(seed)));
     const did = `${config.didPrefix}:${cid.toString(base58btc)}`;
     const db = loadDb();
diff --git a/hyperswarm-mediator.js b/hyperswarm-mediator.js
index ca86ccb8..de54ff0a 100644
--- a/hyperswarm-mediator.js
+++ b/hyperswarm-mediator.js
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ import b4a from 'b4a';
 import { sha256 } from '@noble/hashes/sha256';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import asyncLib from 'async';
-
 import * as gatekeeper from './gatekeeper-sdk.js';
 import * as cipher from './cipher.js';
-import config from './config.js';
-
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+
 EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 100;
 
 const protocol = '/MDIP/v22.03.21';
diff --git a/ipfs.js b/ipfs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 160008a6..00000000
--- a/ipfs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-import { noise } from '@chainsafe/libp2p-noise'
-import { yamux } from '@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux'
-import { bootstrap } from '@libp2p/bootstrap'
-import { identify } from '@libp2p/identify'
-import { tcp } from '@libp2p/tcp'
-import { createHelia } from 'helia';
-import { FsBlockstore } from 'blockstore-fs';
-import { MemoryDatastore } from 'datastore-core'
-import { createLibp2p } from 'libp2p'
-
-export async function createNode() {
-    // the blockstore is where we store the blocks that make up files
-    const blockstore = new FsBlockstore('./ipfs');
-
-    // application-specific data lives in the datastore
-    const datastore = new MemoryDatastore()
-
-    // libp2p is the networking layer that underpins Helia
-    const libp2p = await createLibp2p({
-        datastore,
-        addresses: {
-            listen: [
-                '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0'
-            ]
-        },
-        transports: [
-            tcp()
-        ],
-        connectionEncryption: [
-            noise()
-        ],
-        streamMuxers: [
-            yamux()
-        ],
-        peerDiscovery: [
-            bootstrap({
-                list: [
-                    '/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN',
-                    '/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa',
-                    '/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb',
-                    '/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt'
-                ]
-            })
-        ],
-        services: {
-            identify: identify()
-        }
-    })
-
-    return await createHelia({
-        datastore,
-        blockstore,
-        libp2p
-    })
-}