diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bc21fa8..fb3029d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ project('floof store-and-forward library', 'c', 'cpp',
 
 threads = dependency('threads')
 glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
-rocksdb = dependency('rocksdb')
 sodium = dependency('libsodium')
 
 subdir('src')
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index ada18d8..e6a1f59 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
     buildInputs = [
       pkgs.glib
-      pkgs.rocksdb
       pkgs.libsodium
     ];
   }
diff --git a/src/floof_db.cxx b/src/floof_db.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 7607938..0000000
--- a/src/floof_db.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <rocksdb/db.h>
-#include <rocksdb/slice.h>
-#include <rocksdb/write_batch.h>
-
-#include <sodium.h>
-#include <glib.h>
-
-#include <string>
-
-typedef rocksdb::DB floof_db_t;
-
-int floof_db_open(floof_db_t ** db, const char * path) {
-  rocksdb::Options options;
-  options.create_if_missing = true;
-  rocksdb::Status status;
-
-  status = rocksdb::DB::Open(options, path, &*db);
-  if(status.ok()) {
-    return 0;
-  } else {
-    return -1;
-  }
-}
-
-void floof_db_close(floof_db_t ** db) {
-  if(!*db) return;
-  delete (*db);
-  *db = 0;
-}
-
-void floof_db_insert_packet(floof_db_t * db, floof_worker_task_t * packet) {
-  rocksdb::WriteBatch batch;
-
-  unsigned char sigblock[crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES + crypto_sign_BYTES];
-  memcpy(&sigblock[0], packet->pubkey, crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
-  memcpy(&sigblock[crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES], packet->sig, crypto_sign_BYTES);
-
-  batch.Put(rocksdb::Slice(sigblock, crypto_sign_PUBLICKEYBYTES + crypto_sign_BYTES),
-    rocksdb::Slice(packet->data, packet->datalen));
-
-  rocksdb::Status status;
-  status = db->Write(rocksdb::WriteOptions(), &batch);
-
-  if(!status.ok()) {
-    const std::string tmp = status.ToString();
-    g_warning("Floof failed to insert packet into database: %s", tmp.c_str());
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/floof_db.h b/src/floof_db.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 401f0eb..0000000
--- a/src/floof_db.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include "floof_int.h"
-struct floof_db_t;
-int floof_db_open(floof_db_t ** db, const char * path);
-void floof_db_close(floof_db_t ** db);
-void floof_db_insert_packet(floof_db_t * db, floof_worker_task_t * packet);
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 0094495..e6eccdb 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 install_headers('floof.h')
 
-libfloof_sources = files('floof.c', 'floof_db.cxx')
+libfloof_sources = files('floof.c')
 
 libfloof = shared_library('floof',
   libfloof_sources,
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ libfloof = shared_library('floof',
   c_args : ['-fno-plt'],
   cpp_args : ['-fno-plt', '-fno-rtti']
   include_directories : include_directories('.')
-  dependencies : [threads, glib, rocksdb, sodium],
+  dependencies : [threads, glib, sodium],
   install : true)