diff --git a/src/rust/engine/fs/store/src/remote.rs b/src/rust/engine/fs/store/src/remote.rs
index d00acc766ad..e4db49cc353 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/fs/store/src/remote.rs
+++ b/src/rust/engine/fs/store/src/remote.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use protos::gen::build::bazel::remote::execution::v2 as remexec;
 use protos::gen::google::bytestream::byte_stream_client::ByteStreamClient;
 use remexec::{
   capabilities_client::CapabilitiesClient,
-  content_addressable_storage_client::ContentAddressableStorageClient, BatchReadBlobsRequest,
-  BatchUpdateBlobsRequest, ServerCapabilities,
+  content_addressable_storage_client::ContentAddressableStorageClient, BatchUpdateBlobsRequest,
+  ServerCapabilities,
 };
 use tonic::{Code, Request, Status};
 use workunit_store::{in_workunit, ObservationMetric};
@@ -203,7 +203,16 @@ impl ByteStore {
     })
   }
 
-  async fn len_is_allowed_for_batch_api(&self, len: usize) -> Result<bool, ByteStoreError> {
+  async fn store_bytes_source<ByteSource>(
+    &self,
+    digest: Digest,
+    bytes: ByteSource,
+  ) -> Result<(), ByteStoreError>
+  where
+    ByteSource: Fn(Range<usize>) -> Bytes + Send + Sync + 'static,
+  {
+    let len = digest.size_bytes;
+
     let max_batch_total_size_bytes = {
       let capabilities = self.get_capabilities().await?;
 
@@ -217,18 +226,7 @@ impl ByteStore {
     let batch_api_allowed_by_local_config = len <= self.batch_api_size_limit;
     let batch_api_allowed_by_server_config =
       max_batch_total_size_bytes == 0 || len < max_batch_total_size_bytes;
-    Ok(batch_api_allowed_by_local_config && batch_api_allowed_by_server_config)
-  }
-
-  async fn store_bytes_source<ByteSource>(
-    &self,
-    digest: Digest,
-    bytes: ByteSource,
-  ) -> Result<(), ByteStoreError>
-  where
-    ByteSource: Fn(Range<usize>) -> Bytes + Send + Sync + 'static,
-  {
-    if self.len_is_allowed_for_batch_api(digest.size_bytes).await? {
+    if batch_api_allowed_by_local_config && batch_api_allowed_by_server_config {
       self.store_bytes_source_batch(digest, bytes).await
     } else {
       self.store_bytes_source_stream(digest, bytes).await
@@ -341,62 +339,6 @@ impl ByteStore {
     &self,
     digest: Digest,
     f: F,
-  ) -> Result<Option<T>, ByteStoreError> {
-    if self.len_is_allowed_for_batch_api(digest.size_bytes).await? {
-      self.load_bytes_with_batch(digest, f).await
-    } else {
-      self.load_bytes_with_stream(digest, f).await
-    }
-  }
-
-  async fn load_bytes_with_batch<
-    T: Send + 'static,
-    F: Fn(Bytes) -> Result<T, String> + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
-  >(
-    &self,
-    digest: Digest,
-    f: F,
-  ) -> Result<Option<T>, ByteStoreError> {
-    let request = BatchReadBlobsRequest {
-      instance_name: self.instance_name.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
-      digests: vec![digest.into()],
-    };
-    let mut client = self.cas_client.as_ref().clone();
-    let response = client
-      .batch_read_blobs(request)
-      .await
-      .map_err(ByteStoreError::Grpc)?;
-
-    let response = response.into_inner();
-    if response.responses.len() != 1 {
-      return Err(ByteStoreError::Other(
-        format!(
-          "Response from remote store for BatchReadBlobs API had inconsistent number of responses (got {}, expected 1)",
-          response.responses.len()
-        )
-      ));
-    }
-
-    let blob_response = response.responses.into_iter().next().unwrap();
-    let rpc_status = blob_response.status.unwrap_or_default();
-    let status = Status::from(rpc_status);
-    match status.code() {
-      Code::Ok => {
-        let result = f(blob_response.data);
-        result.map(Some).map_err(ByteStoreError::Other)
-      }
-      Code::NotFound => Ok(None),
-      _ => Err(ByteStoreError::Grpc(status)),
-    }
-  }
-
-  async fn load_bytes_with_stream<
-    T: Send + 'static,
-    F: Fn(Bytes) -> Result<T, String> + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
-  >(
-    &self,
-    digest: Digest,
-    f: F,
   ) -> Result<Option<T>, ByteStoreError> {
     let start = Instant::now();
     let store = self.clone();
diff --git a/src/rust/engine/protos/src/conversions.rs b/src/rust/engine/protos/src/conversions.rs
index c7fb43da86e..1e385d8cf00 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/protos/src/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/rust/engine/protos/src/conversions.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use tonic::{Code, Status};
-
 impl<'a> From<&'a hashing::Digest> for crate::gen::build::bazel::remote::execution::v2::Digest {
   fn from(d: &'a hashing::Digest) -> Self {
     Self {
@@ -53,9 +51,3 @@ pub fn require_digest<
     None => Err("Protocol violation: Digest missing from a Remote Execution API protobuf.".into()),
   }
 }
-
-impl From<crate::gen::google::rpc::Status> for Status {
-  fn from(rpc_status: crate::gen::google::rpc::Status) -> Self {
-    Status::new(Code::from_i32(rpc_status.code), rpc_status.message)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/rust/engine/testutil/mock/src/cas_service.rs b/src/rust/engine/testutil/mock/src/cas_service.rs
index 8a95f41fbe2..de855a1ae36 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/testutil/mock/src/cas_service.rs
+++ b/src/rust/engine/testutil/mock/src/cas_service.rs
@@ -446,11 +446,6 @@ impl ContentAddressableStorage for StubCASResponder {
     &self,
     request: Request<BatchReadBlobsRequest>,
   ) -> Result<Response<BatchReadBlobsResponse>, Status> {
-    {
-      let mut request_count = self.read_request_count.lock();
-      *request_count += 1;
-    }
-
     check_auth!(self, request);
 
     if self.always_errors {