diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-node/package.json b/yarn-project/aztec-node/package.json
index a2e602a03fff..2c0dd26296cb 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-node/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-node/package.json
@@ -47,17 +47,11 @@
     "@aztec/world-state": "workspace:^",
     "koa": "^2.14.2",
     "koa-router": "^12.0.0",
-    "levelup": "^5.1.1",
-    "lmdb": "^2.9.1",
-    "memdown": "^6.1.1",
     "tslib": "^2.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@jest/globals": "^29.5.0",
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.0",
-    "@types/leveldown": "^4.0.4",
-    "@types/levelup": "^5.1.2",
-    "@types/memdown": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^18.7.23",
     "jest": "^29.5.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/db.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/db.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b5be428781a..000000000000
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/db.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-import { LogFn } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-
-import { LevelDown, default as leveldown } from 'leveldown';
-import { LevelUp, default as levelup } from 'levelup';
-import { RootDatabase, open } from 'lmdb';
-import { MemDown, default as memdown } from 'memdown';
-import { mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-
-import { AztecNodeConfig } from './config.js';
-
-export const createMemDown = () => (memdown as any)() as MemDown<any, any>;
-export const createLevelDown = (path: string) => (leveldown as any)(path) as LevelDown;
-
-const DB_SUBDIR = 'aztec-node-db';
-const WORLD_STATE_SUBDIR = 'aztec-world-state-db';
-const NODE_METADATA_KEY = '@@aztec_node_metadata';
-
-/**
- * The metadata for an aztec node.
- */
-type NodeMetadata = {
-  /**
-   * The address of the rollup contract on L1
-   */
-  rollupContractAddress: string;
-};
-
-/**
- * Opens the database for the aztec node. If a data directory is specified, then this attempts to create it.
- * @param config - The configuration to be used by the aztec node.
- * @throws If `config.dataDirectory` is set and the directory cannot be created.
- * @returns The database for the aztec node.
- */
-export async function openDb(
-  config: AztecNodeConfig,
-  log: LogFn,
-): Promise<[nodeDb: RootDatabase, worldStateDb: LevelUp]> {
-  const nodeMetadata: NodeMetadata = {
-    rollupContractAddress: config.l1Contracts.rollupAddress.toString(),
-  };
-
-  let nodeDb: RootDatabase;
-  let worldStateDb: LevelUp;
-
-  if (config.dataDirectory) {
-    const nodeDir = join(config.dataDirectory, DB_SUBDIR);
-    const worldStateDir = join(config.dataDirectory, WORLD_STATE_SUBDIR);
-    // this throws if we don't have permissions to create the directory
-    await mkdir(nodeDir, { recursive: true });
-    await mkdir(worldStateDir, { recursive: true });
-
-    log(`Opening aztec-node database at ${nodeDir}`);
-    nodeDb = open(nodeDir, {});
-
-    log(`Opening world-state database at ${worldStateDir}`);
-    worldStateDb = levelup(createLevelDown(worldStateDir));
-  } else {
-    log('Opening temporary databases');
-    // not passing a path will use a temp file that gets deleted when the process exits
-    nodeDb = open({});
-    worldStateDb = levelup(createMemDown());
-  }
-
-  await checkNodeMetadataAndClear(nodeDb, worldStateDb, nodeMetadata, log);
-  return [nodeDb, worldStateDb];
-}
-
-/**
- * Checks the node metadata and clears the database if the rollup contract address has changed.
- * @param nodeDb - The database for the aztec node.
- * @param nodeMetadata - The metadata for the aztec node.
- */
-async function checkNodeMetadataAndClear(
-  nodeDb: RootDatabase,
-  worldStateDb: LevelUp,
-  nodeMetadata: NodeMetadata,
-  log: LogFn,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const metadataDB = nodeDb.openDB<NodeMetadata, string>('metadata', {});
-  try {
-    const existing = metadataDB.get(NODE_METADATA_KEY);
-    // if the rollup addresses are different, wipe the local database and start over
-    if (!existing || existing.rollupContractAddress !== nodeMetadata.rollupContractAddress) {
-      log('Rollup contract address has changed, clearing databases');
-      await Promise.all([nodeDb.clearAsync(), worldStateDb.clear()]);
-    }
-    await metadataDB.put(NODE_METADATA_KEY, nodeMetadata);
-  } finally {
-    await metadataDB.close();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/yarn-project/yarn.lock b/yarn-project/yarn.lock
index 51d169e86e3e..a418e13b858d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn-project/yarn.lock
@@ -181,16 +181,10 @@ __metadata:
     "@aztec/world-state": "workspace:^"
     "@jest/globals": ^29.5.0
     "@types/jest": ^29.5.0
-    "@types/leveldown": ^4.0.4
-    "@types/levelup": ^5.1.2
-    "@types/memdown": ^3.0.0
     "@types/node": ^18.7.23
     jest: ^29.5.0
     koa: ^2.14.2
     koa-router: ^12.0.0
-    levelup: ^5.1.1
-    lmdb: ^2.9.1
-    memdown: ^6.1.1
     ts-jest: ^29.1.0
     ts-node: ^10.9.1
     tslib: ^2.4.0
@@ -3490,16 +3484,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/leveldown@npm:^4.0.4":
-  version: 4.0.4
-  resolution: "@types/leveldown@npm:4.0.4"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/abstract-leveldown": "*"
-    "@types/node": "*"
-  checksum: 630b2d2d1c48f83d14ab0f6c03ad2af1c427675c3692873c4fd3d673bde4140eabc028ce5736ad3d76aeea20769cf53df6f83468a4f0cf28f6d04dbb435edf48
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/levelup@npm:^5.1.2":
   version: 5.1.2
   resolution: "@types/levelup@npm:5.1.2"