diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/recordings/RecordingHelper.java b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/recordings/RecordingHelper.java
index fef3a5c7d..d549fac9a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/recordings/RecordingHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/recordings/RecordingHelper.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.ResponseBuilder;
 import jdk.jfr.RecordingState;
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base32;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
@@ -123,8 +122,6 @@ public class RecordingHelper {
     @Inject Clock clock;
     @Inject S3Presigner presigner;
 
-    @Inject Base32 base32;
-
     @Inject
     @Named(Producers.BASE64_URL)
     Base64 base64Url;
@@ -570,10 +567,6 @@ private Optional<Metadata> getArchivedRecordingMetadata(String storageKey) {
         }
     }
 
-    String decodeBase32(String encoded) {
-        return new String(base32.decode(encoded), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-    }
-
     String decodeBase64(String encoded) {
         return new String(base64Url.decode(encoded), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }