diff --git a/clicada/crypt.py b/clicada/crypt.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b917098..0000000
--- a/clicada/crypt.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# standard imports
-import os
-import logging
-
-from Crypto.Cipher import AES
-from Crypto.Util import Counter
-
-logg = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class Encrypt:
-
-    aesBlockSize = 1 << 7
-
-    def __init__(self, secret, db_dir):
-        fp = os.path.join(db_dir, '.aes_ctr_iv')
-        try:
-            f = open(fp, 'rb')
-            self.iv = f.read()
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            logg.debug('generating new iv for aes-ctr')
-            self.iv = os.urandom(8)
-            f = open(fp, 'wb')
-            f.write(self.iv)
-
-        f.close()
-
-        iv_num = int.from_bytes(self.iv, 'big')
-        self.ctr = Counter.new(aesBlockSize, initial_value=iv_num)
-        self.cipher = AES.new(secret, AES.MODE_CTR, counter=self.ctr)
-
-
-    def encrypt(self, v):
-        return self.cipher.encrypt(v)
-       
-
-    def decrypt(self, v):
-        return self.cipher.decrypt(v)
diff --git a/clicada/user/file.py b/clicada/user/file.py
index 846ffc2..8ca23d4 100644
--- a/clicada/user/file.py
+++ b/clicada/user/file.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Account(Person):
 
 class FileUserStore:
 
-    def __init__(self, metadata_opener, chain_spec, label, store_base_path, ttl, encrypter=None):
+    def __init__(self, metadata_opener, chain_spec, label, store_base_path, ttl):
         invalidate_before = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(seconds=ttl)
         self.invalidate_before = int(invalidate_before.timestamp())
         self.have_xattr = False
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ class FileUserStore:
         self.__validate_dir()
         self.metadata_opener = metadata_opener
         self.failed_entities = {}
-        self.encrypter = encrypter
 
 
     def __validate_dir(self):