diff --git a/keyserver/src/grpc/grpc-client.js b/keyserver/src/grpc/grpc-client.js
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--- a/keyserver/src/grpc/grpc-client.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-
-import * as grpc from '@grpc/grpc-js';
-import * as protoLoader from '@grpc/proto-loader';
-
-import type { IdentityServiceClient } from 'lib/types/grpc-types';
-
-const PROTO_PATH = '../shared/protos/identity.proto';
-const packageDefinition = protoLoader.loadSync(PROTO_PATH, {
-  keepCase: true,
-  longs: String,
-  enums: String,
-  defaults: true,
-  oneofs: true,
-});
-const identity = grpc.loadPackageDefinition(packageDefinition).identity;
-const identityClient: IdentityServiceClient = new identity.IdentityService(
-  'localhost:50051',
-  grpc.credentials.createInsecure(),
-);
-
-export { identityClient };