diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b54979936..f781bf4c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ansi_term"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee49baf6cb617b853aa8d93bf420db2383fab46d314482ca2803b40d5fde979b"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -193,17 +184,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "065374052e7df7ee4047b1160cca5e1467a12351a40b3da123c870ba0b8eda2a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atty"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
- "libc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -234,30 +214,6 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3441f0f7b02788e948e47f457ca01f1d7e6d92c693bc132c22b087d3141c03ff"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bindgen"
-version = "0.53.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c72a978d268b1d70b0e963217e60fdabd9523a941457a6c42a7315d15c7e89e5"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cexpr",
- "cfg-if",
- "clang-sys",
- "clap",
- "env_logger",
- "lazy_static",
- "lazycell",
- "log",
- "peeking_take_while",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.19",
- "quote 1.0.7",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
- "which",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -421,18 +377,6 @@ name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f9a06fb2e53271d7c279ec1efea6ab691c35a2ae67ec0d91d7acec0caf13b518"
-dependencies = [
- "jobserver",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cexpr"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4aedb84272dbe89af497cf81375129abda4fc0a9e7c5d317498c15cc30c0d27"
-dependencies = [
- "nom",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -462,30 +406,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsigned-varint 0.3.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clang-sys"
-version = "0.29.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fe6837df1d5cba2397b835c8530f51723267e16abbf83892e9e5af4f0e5dd10a"
-dependencies = [
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libloading",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "2.33.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bdfa80d47f954d53a35a64987ca1422f495b8d6483c0fe9f7117b36c2a792129"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term 0.11.0",
- "atty",
  "bitflags",
- "strsim",
  "textwrap",
  "unicode-width",
- "vec_map",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -813,19 +742,6 @@ version = "1.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb1f6b1ce1c140482ea30ddd3335fc0024ac7ee112895426e0a629a6c20adfe3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
-dependencies = [
- "atty",
- "humantime 1.3.0",
- "log",
- "regex",
- "termcolor",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -1100,12 +1016,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.2.6"
@@ -1237,15 +1147,6 @@ version = "1.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd179ae861f0c2e53da70d892f5f3029f9594be0c41dc5269cd371691b1dc2f9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "humantime"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
-dependencies = [
- "quick-error",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
 version = "2.0.1"
@@ -1329,7 +1230,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "rand 0.7.3",
- "rocksdb",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.9.1",
@@ -1351,7 +1251,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.5",
  "hex",
  "hex-literal",
- "humantime 2.0.1",
+ "humantime",
  "hyper",
  "ipfs",
  "libipld",
@@ -1413,15 +1313,6 @@ version = "0.4.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc6f3ad7b9d11a0c00842ff8de1b60ee58661048eb8049ed33c73594f359d7e6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.21"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c71313ebb9439f74b00d9d2dcec36440beaf57a6aa0623068441dd7cd81a7f2"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.44"
@@ -1462,12 +1353,6 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazycell"
-version = "1.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b294d6fa9ee409a054354afc4352b0b9ef7ca222c69b8812cbea9e7d2bf3783f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.74"
@@ -1515,16 +1400,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "multihash",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libloading"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f2b111a074963af1d37a139918ac6d49ad1d0d5e47f72fd55388619691a7d753"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -1785,18 +1660,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "yamux",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "librocksdb-sys"
-version = "6.7.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "883213ae3d09bfc3d104aefe94b25ebb183b6f4d3a515b23b14817e1f4854005"
-dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
- "cc",
- "glob",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libsecp256k1"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -2027,16 +1890,6 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2bf50223579dc7cdcfb3bfcacf7069ff68243f8c363f62ffa99cf000a6b9c451"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nom"
-version = "5.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ffb4262d26ed83a1c0a33a38fe2bb15797329c85770da05e6b828ddb782627af"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.43"
@@ -2191,12 +2044,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "peeking_take_while"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -2653,16 +2500,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rocksdb"
-version = "0.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12069b106981c6103d3eab7dd1c86751482d0779a520b7c14954c8b586c1e643"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "librocksdb-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-argon2"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -2675,12 +2512,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hex"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -2848,12 +2679,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7fdf1b9db47230893d76faad238fd6097fd6d6a9245cd7a4d90dbd639536bbd2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2945,12 +2770,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.12.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "structopt"
 version = "0.3.15"
@@ -3046,15 +2865,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb6bfa289a4d7c5766392812c0a1f4c1ba45afa1ad47803c11e1f407d846d75f"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -3362,7 +3172,7 @@ version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f7b33f8b2ef2ab0c3778c12646d9c42a24f7772bee4cdafc72199644a9f58fdc"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term 0.12.1",
+ "ansi_term",
  "lazy_static",
  "matchers",
  "regex",
@@ -3524,12 +3334,6 @@ version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6454029bf181f092ad1b853286f23e2c507d8e8194d01d92da4a55c274a5508c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vec_map"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vergen"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -3738,15 +3542,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-util"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a6c625e9b..45a94abc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [features]
 default = []
 nightly = []
-all = ["rocksdb"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { default-features = false, version = "1.0" }
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ multibase = { default-features = false, version = "0.8" }
 multihash = { default-features = false, version = "0.11" }
 prost = { default-features = false, version = "0.6" }
 rand = { default-features = false, features = ["getrandom"], version = "0.7" }
-rocksdb = { default-features = false, optional = true, version = "0.13"}
 serde = { default-features = false, features = ["derive"], version = "1.0" }
 serde_json = { default-features = false, version = "1.0" }
 thiserror = { default-features = false, version = "1.0" }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 60201d8bf..9b748a554 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ impl<T: SwarmTypes + RepoTypes> IpfsTypes for T {}
 pub struct Types;
 impl RepoTypes for Types {
     type TBlockStore = repo::fs::FsBlockStore;
-    #[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-    type TDataStore = repo::fs::RocksDataStore;
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "rocksdb"))]
     type TDataStore = repo::mem::MemDataStore;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/repo/fs.rs b/src/repo/fs.rs
index c5c950b33..a7ab91819 100644
--- a/src/repo/fs.rs
+++ b/src/repo/fs.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 //! Persistent fs backed repo
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::repo::{BlockPut, BlockStore};
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-use crate::repo::{Column, DataStore};
 use async_std::fs;
 use async_std::path::PathBuf;
 use async_std::prelude::*;
@@ -132,105 +130,6 @@ impl BlockStore for FsBlockStore {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-pub struct RocksDataStore {
-    path: PathBuf,
-    db: Mutex<Option<rocksdb::DB>>,
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-trait ResolveColumnFamily {
-    fn resolve<'a>(&self, db: &'a rocksdb::DB) -> &'a rocksdb::ColumnFamily;
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-impl ResolveColumnFamily for Column {
-    fn resolve<'a>(&self, db: &'a rocksdb::DB) -> &'a rocksdb::ColumnFamily {
-        let name = match *self {
-            Column::Ipns => "ipns",
-            Column::Pin => "pin",
-        };
-
-        // not sure why this isn't always present?
-        db.cf_handle(name).unwrap()
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-#[async_trait]
-impl DataStore for RocksDataStore {
-    fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Self {
-        RocksDataStore {
-            path,
-            db: Default::default(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    async fn init(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn open(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let db = &self.db;
-        let path = self.path.clone();
-        let mut db_opts = rocksdb::Options::default();
-        db_opts.create_missing_column_families(true);
-        db_opts.create_if_missing(true);
-
-        let ipns_opts = rocksdb::Options::default();
-        let ipns_cf = rocksdb::ColumnFamilyDescriptor::new("ipns", ipns_opts);
-        let rdb = rocksdb::DB::open_cf_descriptors(&db_opts, &path, vec![ipns_cf])?;
-        *db.lock().await = Some(rdb);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn contains(&self, col: Column, key: &[u8]) -> Result<bool, Error> {
-        let db = &self.db;
-        let key = key.to_owned();
-        let db = db.lock().await;
-        let db = db.as_ref().unwrap();
-        let cf = col.resolve(db);
-        let contains = db.get_cf(cf, &key)?.is_some();
-        Ok(contains)
-    }
-
-    async fn get(&self, col: Column, key: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, Error> {
-        let db = &self.db;
-        let key = key.to_owned();
-        let db = db.lock().await;
-        let db = db.as_ref().unwrap();
-        let cf = col.resolve(db);
-        let get = db.get_cf(cf, &key)?.map(|value| value.to_vec());
-        Ok(get)
-    }
-
-    async fn put(&self, col: Column, key: &[u8], value: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let db = &self.db;
-        let key = key.to_owned();
-        let value = value.to_owned();
-        let db = db.lock().await;
-        let db = db.as_ref().unwrap();
-        let cf = col.resolve(db);
-        db.put_cf(cf, &key, &value)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn remove(&self, col: Column, key: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let db = &self.db;
-        let key = key.to_owned();
-        let db = db.lock().await;
-        let db = db.as_ref().unwrap();
-        let cf = col.resolve(db);
-        db.delete_cf(cf, &key)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn wipe(&self) {
-        // this function is currently only intended to be used with in-memory test setups
-    }
-}
-
 fn block_path(mut base: PathBuf, cid: &Cid) -> PathBuf {
     let mut file = cid.to_string();
     file.push_str(".data");
@@ -332,40 +231,4 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(block_store.contains(cid).await.unwrap());
         }
     }
-
-    #[async_std::test]
-    #[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-    async fn test_rocks_datastore() {
-        let mut tmp = temp_dir();
-        tmp.push("datastore1");
-        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&tmp).ok();
-        let store = RocksDataStore::new(tmp.clone().into());
-
-        let col = Column::Ipns;
-        let key = [1, 2, 3, 4];
-        let value = [5, 6, 7, 8];
-
-        store.init().await.unwrap();
-        store.open().await.unwrap();
-
-        let contains = store.contains(col, &key);
-        assert_eq!(contains.await.unwrap(), false);
-        let get = store.get(col, &key);
-        assert_eq!(get.await.unwrap(), None);
-        store.remove(col, &key).await.unwrap();
-
-        store.put(col, &key, &value).await.unwrap();
-        let contains = store.contains(col, &key);
-        assert_eq!(contains.await.unwrap(), true);
-        let get = store.get(col, &key);
-        assert_eq!(get.await.unwrap(), Some(value.to_vec()));
-
-        store.remove(col, &key).await.unwrap();
-        let contains = store.contains(col, &key);
-        assert_eq!(contains.await.unwrap(), false);
-        let get = store.get(col, &key);
-        assert_eq!(get.await.unwrap(), None);
-
-        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&tmp).ok();
-    }
 }