diff --git a/packages/scraper/src/externals/direct/kissAnimeScraper.ts b/packages/scraper/src/externals/direct/kissAnimeScraper.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2690a6a4..00000000
--- a/packages/scraper/src/externals/direct/kissAnimeScraper.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,311 +0,0 @@
-import { Hook, Toc, TocEpisode, NewsScrapeResult } from "../types";
-import { EpisodeNews, ReleaseState, SearchResult } from "enterprise-core/dist/types";
-import * as url from "url";
-import logger from "enterprise-core/dist/logger";
-import { extractIndices, MediaType, sanitizeString } from "enterprise-core/dist/tools";
-import { checkTocContent } from "../scraperTools";
-import { ScraperError, UrlError } from "../errors";
-import { Requestor } from "../request";
-import { getText } from "./directTools";
-
-const request = new Requestor(undefined, true);
-
-const BASE_URI = "https://kissanime.ru/";
-
-async function scrapeNews(): Promise<NewsScrapeResult> {
-  const uri = BASE_URI;
-  // const $ = await loadBody("https://kissanime.ru/Home/GetNextUpdatedAnime", {method: "POST"});
-  const $ = await request.getCheerio({ url: uri });
-
-  const newsRows = $(".bigBarContainer .barContent a");
-
-  const news: EpisodeNews[] = [];
-  const titlePattern = /(Episode\s*((\d+)(\.(\d+))?))|(movie)/i;
-  for (let i = 0; i < newsRows.length; i++) {
-    const newsRow = newsRows.eq(i);
-
-    const link = new url.URL(newsRow.attr("href") as string, uri).href;
-    const span = newsRow.children("span").eq(0);
-    span.remove();
-
-    const mediumTitle = sanitizeString(getText(newsRow));
-
-    const rawTitle = sanitizeString(getText(span));
-    const groups = titlePattern.exec(rawTitle);
-
-    if (!groups) {
-      // TODO: 19.07.2019 log or just ignore?, kissAnime has news designated with 'episode', ona or ova only
-      logger.warn(`Unknown KissAnime News Format: '${rawTitle}' for '${mediumTitle}'`);
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    let episodeIndices;
-
-    let episodeTitle;
-
-    if (groups[1]) {
-      episodeTitle = sanitizeString(groups[1]);
-      episodeIndices = extractIndices(groups, 2, 3, 5);
-
-      if (!episodeIndices) {
-        logger.info(`unknown news format on kissanime: ${episodeTitle}`);
-        continue;
-      }
-    } else if (groups[6]) {
-      episodeTitle = mediumTitle;
-      episodeIndices = { total: 1, combi: 1 };
-    } else {
-      logger.info(`unknown news format on kissanime: ${rawTitle}`);
-      continue;
-    }
-    news.push({
-      link,
-      mediumType: MediaType.VIDEO,
-      mediumTocLink: link,
-      mediumTitle,
-      episodeTitle,
-      episodeIndex: episodeIndices.combi,
-      episodeTotalIndex: episodeIndices.total,
-      episodePartialIndex: episodeIndices.fraction,
-      date: new Date(),
-    });
-  }
-  if (!news.length) {
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  return { episodes: news };
-}
-
-/*
-// the latest 10 news for the given domain
-    const latestNews = await Storage.getLatestNews("kissanime.ru");
-
-    let endDate;
-    // if there are no other news yet, set duration for this news batch to 10 hours
-    if (!latestNews.length) {
-        endDate = new Date();
-        endDate.setHours(endDate.getHours() - 10);
-    } else {
-        for (let i = 0; i < news.length; i++) {
-            const item = news[i];
-
-            if (item.episodeTitle === latestNews[0].title) {
-                let allMatch = true;
-                // if there are less than 3 items left to compare the latest news with
-                // a precise statement cannot be made, so just take the date of this item
-                if ((i + 3) >= news.length) {
-                    endDate = item.date;
-                    break;
-                }
-                for (let j = i; j < i + 9; j++) {
-                    const latestItem = latestNews[j - i];
-
-                    if (item.episodeTitle !== latestItem.title) {
-                        allMatch = false;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    endDate = latestItem.date;
-                }
-                if (!allMatch) {
-                    endDate = null;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    if (endDate) {
-        const duration = Date.now() - endDate.getTime();
-        const itemDuration = duration / news.length;
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < news.length; i++) {
-            const date = news[i].date;
-            date.setMilliseconds(date.getMilliseconds() - i * itemDuration);
-        }
-    } else {
-        // if there is an open end, just pretend as if every 15 min one release happened
-        for (let i = 0; i < news.length; i++) {
-            const date = news[i].date;
-            date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() - i * 15);
-        }
-    }
- */
-
-async function scrapeToc(urlString: string): Promise<Toc[]> {
-  const urlRegex = /^https?:\/\/kissanime\.ru\/Anime\/[^/]+\/?$/;
-
-  if (!urlRegex.test(urlString)) {
-    throw new UrlError("invalid toc url for KissAnime: " + urlString, urlString);
-  }
-  const $ = await request.getCheerio({ url: urlString });
-  const contentElement = $("#container > #leftside");
-  const animeTitle = getText(
-    contentElement.find(".bigBarContainer > .barContent > div > a:first-child").first(),
-  ).trim();
-
-  const episodeElements = contentElement.find(".episodeList .listing > tbody > tr:has(td)");
-
-  if (episodeElements.length <= 1) {
-    logger.warn("toc link with no episodes: " + urlString);
-    return [];
-  }
-  if (!animeTitle) {
-    logger.warn("toc link with no title: " + urlString);
-    return [];
-  }
-  const uri = BASE_URI;
-
-  const content: TocEpisode[] = [];
-
-  const chapReg = /Episode\s*((\d+)(\.(\d+))?)(\s*-\s*((\d+)(\.(\d+))?))?(\s*(.+))?/i;
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < episodeElements.length; i++) {
-    const episodeElement = episodeElements.eq(i);
-    const columns = episodeElement.children();
-
-    const date = new Date(getText(columns.eq(1)).trim());
-
-    const titleElement = columns.eq(0).find("a");
-    const titleString = sanitizeString(getText(titleElement));
-    const episodeGroups = chapReg.exec(titleString);
-
-    if (Number.isNaN(date.getDate()) || !episodeGroups) {
-      if (titleString.toLowerCase().includes("ova")) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      logger.warn("changed episode format on kissAnime toc " + urlString);
-      return [];
-    }
-
-    const link = new url.URL(titleElement.attr("href") as string, uri).href;
-    const indices = extractIndices(episodeGroups, 1, 2, 4);
-
-    if (!indices) {
-      throw new ScraperError(`changed format on kissAnime, got no indices for: '${titleString}'`);
-    }
-
-    let title = "Episode " + indices.combi;
-
-    if (episodeGroups[5]) {
-      const multiIndices = extractIndices(episodeGroups, 6, 7, 9);
-
-      if (!multiIndices) {
-        throw new ScraperError(`changed format on kissAnime, got no indices for multi: '${titleString}'`);
-      }
-      if (indices.total < multiIndices.total) {
-        for (let totalIndex = indices.total + 1; totalIndex <= multiIndices.total; totalIndex++) {
-          let multiTitle = "Episode " + totalIndex;
-
-          if (episodeGroups[11]) {
-            multiTitle += " - " + episodeGroups[11];
-          }
-
-          const multiEpisodeContent = {
-            title: multiTitle,
-            combiIndex: totalIndex,
-            totalIndex,
-            partialIndex: multiIndices.fraction,
-            url: link,
-            releaseDate: date,
-          };
-          checkTocContent(multiEpisodeContent);
-          content.push(multiEpisodeContent);
-        }
-      }
-      // TODO: 19.09.2019 implement multi episodes (Episode 940 - 942 (Special)
-    }
-    if (episodeGroups[11]) {
-      title += " - " + episodeGroups[11];
-    }
-
-    const episodeContent = {
-      title,
-      combiIndex: indices.combi,
-      totalIndex: indices.total,
-      partialIndex: indices.fraction,
-      url: link,
-      releaseDate: date,
-    };
-    checkTocContent(episodeContent);
-    content.push(episodeContent);
-  }
-  const infoElements = $("div.bigBarContainer:nth-child(1) span.info");
-  let releaseStateElement = null;
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < infoElements.length; i++) {
-    const element = infoElements.eq(i);
-
-    if (getText(element).toLocaleLowerCase().includes("status")) {
-      releaseStateElement = element.parent();
-    }
-  }
-  let releaseState: ReleaseState = ReleaseState.Unknown;
-
-  if (releaseStateElement) {
-    const releaseStateString = getText(releaseStateElement).toLowerCase();
-    if (releaseStateString.includes("complete")) {
-      releaseState = ReleaseState.Complete;
-    } else if (releaseStateString.includes("ongoing")) {
-      releaseState = ReleaseState.Ongoing;
-    } else if (releaseStateString.includes("hiatus")) {
-      releaseState = ReleaseState.Hiatus;
-    }
-  }
-  const toc: Toc = {
-    link: urlString,
-    content,
-    title: animeTitle,
-    statusTl: releaseState,
-    mediumType: MediaType.VIDEO,
-  };
-
-  return [toc];
-}
-
-async function search(searchWords: string): Promise<SearchResult[]> {
-  const urlString = BASE_URI + "Search/SearchSuggestx";
-
-  const body = "type=Anime&keyword=" + searchWords;
-  const $ = await request.getCheerio({
-    url: urlString,
-    headers: {
-      Host: "kissanime.ru",
-      "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
-    },
-    method: "POST",
-    data: body,
-  });
-  const searchResults: SearchResult[] = [];
-  const links = $("a");
-
-  if (!links.length) {
-    return searchResults;
-  }
-  for (let i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
-    const linkElement = links.eq(i);
-
-    const text = sanitizeString(getText(linkElement));
-    const link = new url.URL(linkElement.attr("href") as string, BASE_URI).href;
-
-    searchResults.push({ link, title: text, medium: MediaType.IMAGE });
-  }
-  if (searchResults.length === 1 && searchResults[0].link === BASE_URI + "Search/SearchSuggestx") {
-    // could lead to an unending loop, if the server returns always the same answer, which it should do only once
-    return search(searchWords);
-  }
-
-  return searchResults;
-}
-
-scrapeNews.link = BASE_URI;
-search.medium = MediaType.VIDEO;
-
-export function getHook(): Hook {
-  return {
-    name: "kissanime",
-    medium: MediaType.VIDEO,
-    domainReg: /^https?:\/\/kissanime\.ru/,
-    newsAdapter: scrapeNews,
-    tocAdapter: scrapeToc,
-    searchAdapter: search,
-  };
-}
diff --git a/packages/scraper/src/externals/hookManager.ts b/packages/scraper/src/externals/hookManager.ts
index 5f252b6c..9887979c 100644
--- a/packages/scraper/src/externals/hookManager.ts
+++ b/packages/scraper/src/externals/hookManager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { CustomHook as CustomHookEntity, EmptyPromise } from "enterprise-core/di
 import logger from "enterprise-core/dist/logger";
 import { getHook as getWWHook } from "./direct/wuxiaworldScraper";
 import { getHook as getGogoAnimeHook } from "./direct/gogoAnimeScraper";
-import { getHook as getKissAnimeHook } from "./direct/kissAnimeScraper";
 import { getHook as getMangaHasuHook } from "./direct/mangaHasuScraper";
 import { getHook as getMangaDexHook } from "./direct/mangadexScraper";
 import { getHook as getWebnovelHook } from "./direct/webnovelScraper";
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ import { ValidationError } from "enterprise-core/dist/error";
 function getRawHooks(): Hook[] {
   return [
     getWWHook(),
-    // site was shutdown
-    getKissAnimeHook(),
     getGogoAnimeHook(),
     getMangaDexHook(),
     getMangaHasuHook(),