diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0063a3e0..320bc3d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "clap",
- "directories",
  "figment",
  "futures-util",
  "hmac",
@@ -599,26 +598,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "directories"
-version = "4.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
-dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys"
-version = "0.3.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b1d1d91c932ef41c0f2663aa8b0ca0342d444d842c06914aa0a7e352d0bada6"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "redox_users",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519"
 version = "2.2.3"
@@ -1281,17 +1260,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libredox"
-version = "0.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85c833ca1e66078851dba29046874e38f08b2c883700aa29a03ddd3b23814ee8"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.26.0"
@@ -1863,17 +1831,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_users"
-version = "0.4.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a18479200779601e498ada4e8c1e1f50e3ee19deb0259c25825a98b5603b2cb4"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
- "libredox",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.10.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4dfc04f3..6ebdbf6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ persy = { version = "1.4.4", optional = true, features = ["background_ops"] }
 # Used for the http request / response body type for Ruma endpoints used with reqwest
 bytes = "1.4.0"
 http = "0.2.9"
-# Used to find data directory for default db path
-directories = "4.0.1"
 # Used for ruma wrapper
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.96", features = ["raw_value"] }
 # Used for appservice registration files
diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
index 7008d56f..f4cf6a4c 100644
--- a/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use crate::{
     SERVICES,
 };
 use abstraction::{KeyValueDatabaseEngine, KvTree};
-use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use lru_cache::LruCache;
 
 use ruma::{
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ use ruma::{
 };
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet},
-    fs::{self, remove_dir_all},
+    fs,
     io::Write,
     mem::size_of,
     path::Path,
@@ -170,18 +169,6 @@ pub struct KeyValueDatabase {
 }
 
 impl KeyValueDatabase {
-    /// Tries to remove the old database but ignores all errors.
-    pub fn try_remove(server_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut path = ProjectDirs::from("xyz", "koesters", "conduit")
-            .ok_or_else(|| Error::bad_config("The OS didn't return a valid home directory path."))?
-            .data_dir()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        path.push(server_name);
-        let _ = remove_dir_all(path);
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     fn check_db_setup(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
         let path = Path::new(&config.database_path);