diff --git a/app/browser/ipfs.js b/app/browser/ipfs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d229b72e56f..00000000000
--- a/app/browser/ipfs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/* IPFS node in electron's main process */
-
-// TODO(diasdavid) - review electron's main process support https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues/843
-
-// const electron = require('electron')
-// const ipc = electron.ipcMain
-// const messages = require('../../js/constants/messages')
-// const IPFS = require('ipfs')
-// const os = require('os')
-// const path = require('path')
-
-module.exports = {init}
-
-// Set to see communication between WebTorrent and torrent viewer tabs
-const DEBUG_IPC = false
-if (DEBUG_IPC) {
-  console.log('IPFS IPC debugging enabled')
-}
-
-// IPFS node
-// let node = null
-// let channels = {}
-
-// Receive messages via the window process, ultimately from the UI in a <webview> process
-function init (state, action) {
-  if (DEBUG_IPC) {
-    console.log('IPFS IPC init')
-  }
-
-  return state
-
-  /*
-  node = new IPFS({
-    repo: path.join(os.homedir(), '/.brave-jsipfs')
-  })
-
-  node.on('ready', () => {
-    if (DEBUG_IPC) {
-      console.log('IPFS node is ready')
-    }
-  })
-
-  node.on('error', (err) => console.log('IPFS: ', err))
-
-  // access on the browser with remote.getGlobal('ipfs')
-  global.ipfs = node
-  */
-
-  /* TODO(diasdavid) consider enabling the browser tab to start and stop the node
-  ipc.on(messages.IPFS_MESSAGE, function (event, msg) {
-    if (DEBUG_IPC) {
-      console.log('IPFS: Received IPC: ' + JSON.stringify(msg))
-    }
-
-    channels[msg.clientKey] = e.sender
-    server.receive(msg)
-  })
-  */
-}
-
-// Send messages from the browser process (here), thru the window process, to the <webview>
-/*
-function send (msg) {
-  if (DEBUG_IPC) console.log('Sending IPC: ' + JSON.stringify(msg))
-  const channel = channels[msg.clientKey]
-  if (!channel) {
-    if (DEBUG_IPC) console.error('Ignoring unrecognized clientKey ' + msg.clientKey)
-    return
-  }
-  if (channel.isDestroyed()) {
-    if (DEBUG_IPC) console.log('Removing destroyed channel, clientKey ' + msg.clientKey)
-    delete channels[msg.clientKey]
-    return
-  }
-  channel.send(messages.IPFS_MESSAGE, msg)
-}
-*/
diff --git a/js/constants/messages.js b/js/constants/messages.js
index aa5401ff1a1..b5eb7321de5 100644
--- a/js/constants/messages.js
+++ b/js/constants/messages.js
@@ -147,9 +147,7 @@ const messages = {
   // PDFJS
   LOAD_URL_REQUESTED: _,
   // Torrent
-  TORRENT_MESSAGE: _,
-  // IPFS
-  IPFS_MESSAGE: _
+  TORRENT_MESSAGE: _
   // DO NOT ADD TO THIS LIST - see above
 }
 
diff --git a/js/stores/appStore.js b/js/stores/appStore.js
index 7a8cb9ca74b..b6a69424cd4 100644
--- a/js/stores/appStore.js
+++ b/js/stores/appStore.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const nativeImage = require('../../app/nativeImage')
 const filtering = require('../../app/filtering')
 const basicAuth = require('../../app/browser/basicAuth')
 const webtorrent = require('../../app/browser/webtorrent')
-const ipfs = require('../../app/browser/ipfs')
 const assert = require('assert')
 const profiles = require('../../app/browser/profiles')
 const {zoomLevel} = require('../../app/common/constants/toolbarUserInterfaceScale')
@@ -428,8 +427,6 @@ const handleAppAction = (action) => {
       appState = filtering.init(appState, action, appStore)
       appState = basicAuth.init(appState, action, appStore)
       appState = webtorrent.init(appState, action, appStore)
-      // TODO(diasdavid) - init IPFS in the main process
-      appState = ipfs.init(appState, action, appStore)
       appState = profiles.init(appState, action, appStore)
       appState = require('../../app/browser/menu').init(appState, action, appStore)
       appState = require('../../app/sync').init(appState, action, appStore)