diff --git a/blockstore/cached.go b/blockstore/cached.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f2bb3ed57a4..00000000000
--- a/blockstore/cached.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package blockstore
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	blockstore "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore"
-)
-
-type CacheOpts = blockstore.CacheOpts
-
-func DefaultCacheOpts() CacheOpts {
-	return CacheOpts{
-		HasBloomFilterSize:   0,
-		HasBloomFilterHashes: 0,
-		HasARCCacheSize:      512 << 10,
-	}
-}
-
-func CachedBlockstore(ctx context.Context, bs Blockstore, opts CacheOpts) (Blockstore, error) {
-	cached, err := blockstore.CachedBlockstore(ctx, bs, opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return WrapIDStore(cached), nil
-}