diff --git a/auth/auth.go b/auth/auth.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c25343..0000000
--- a/auth/auth.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
-)
-
-func lookupEmail(conn *pgx.Conn, username string) (email string, err error) {
-	query := "select id from accounts where username=$1"
-	rows, err := conn.Query(context.Background(), query, username)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	var ids []int
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var id int
-		rows.Scan(&id)
-		ids = append(ids, id)
-	}
-	rows.Close()
-	if rows.Err() != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	for _, id := range ids {
-		query = "select email from users where account_id=$1"
-		err = conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), query, id).Scan(&email)
-		if err == nil && email != "" {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func lookupUsername(conn *pgx.Conn, email string) (username string, err error) {
-	query := "select account_id from users where email=$1"
-	var id int
-	err = conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), query, email).Scan(&id)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	query = "select username from accounts where id=$1"
-	err = conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), query, id).Scan(&username)
-	return
-}
-
-func auth(conn *pgx.Conn, email, password string) (err error) {
-	query := "select account_id,confirmed_at,approved,disabled," +
-		"encrypted_password from users where email=$1"
-
-	var id int
-	var confirmed pgtype.Timestamptz
-	var approved, disabled bool
-	var hash string
-
-	err = conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), query, email).
-		Scan(&id, &confirmed, &approved, &disabled, &hash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if !confirmed.Valid {
-		return errors.New("account is not confirmed")
-	}
-	if !approved {
-		return errors.New("account is not approved")
-	}
-	if disabled {
-		return errors.New("account disabled")
-	}
-
-	query = "select suspended_at from accounts where id=$1"
-
-	var suspended pgtype.Timestamptz
-
-	err = conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), query, id).Scan(&suspended)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if suspended.Valid {
-		return errors.New("account suspended")
-	}
-
-	return bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(hash), []byte(password))
-}
-
-type handler struct {
-	Banlist map[string]bool
-}
-
-func (h *handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	_, banned := h.Banlist[r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For")]
-	if banned {
-		return
-	}
-
-	if r.Method != "POST" {
-		fmt.Println("method is not POST", r)
-		return
-	}
-
-	var params struct {
-		Secret, Username, Email, Password string
-	}
-
-	err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&params)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err, r)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if params.Secret != os.Getenv("AUTH_SECRET") {
-		fmt.Println("wrong secret", r)
-		h.Banlist[r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For")] = true
-		return
-	}
-
-	var response struct {
-		Username, Email, Error string
-	}
-
-	defer func() {
-		buf, _ := json.Marshal(response)
-		w.Write(buf)
-	}()
-
-	path := "dbname=" + os.Getenv("DATABASE")
-	conn, err := pgx.Connect(context.Background(), path)
-	if err != nil {
-		response.Error = fmt.Sprint(err)
-		return
-	}
-	defer conn.Close(context.Background())
-
-	if params.Email == "" {
-		params.Email, err = lookupEmail(conn, params.Username)
-		if err != nil {
-			response.Error = fmt.Sprint(err)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	if params.Username == "" {
-		params.Username, err = lookupUsername(conn, params.Email)
-		if err != nil {
-			response.Error = fmt.Sprint(err)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	err = auth(conn, params.Email, params.Password)
-	if err != nil {
-		response.Error = fmt.Sprint(err)
-	}
-
-	response.Username = params.Username
-	response.Email = params.Email
-}
-
-func main() {
-	if os.Getenv("AUTH_SECRET") == "" {
-		panic("AUTH_SECRET is empty")
-	}
-
-	socket, err := net.Listen("unix", os.Getenv("SOCKET"))
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	os.Chmod(os.Getenv("SOCKET"), 0770)
-
-	server := http.Server{
-		Handler: &handler{Banlist: make(map[string]bool)},
-	}
-	server.Serve(socket)
-}
diff --git a/auth/go.mod b/auth/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index d335f00..0000000
--- a/auth/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-module code.dumpstack.io/infra/lor.sh/auth
-
-go 1.19
-
-require (
-	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.2.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0
-)
-
-require (
-	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20200714003250-2b9c44734f2b // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.6.0 // indirect
-)
diff --git a/auth/go.sum b/auth/go.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index ff6c80d..0000000
--- a/auth/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
-github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
-github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
-github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20200714003250-2b9c44734f2b h1:C8S2+VttkHFdOOCXJe+YGfa4vHYwlt4Zx+IVXQ97jYg=
-github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20200714003250-2b9c44734f2b/go.mod h1:vsD4gTJCa9TptPL8sPkXrLZ+hDuNrZCnj29CQpr4X1E=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.2.0 h1:NdPpngX0Y6z6XDFKqmFQaE+bCtkqzvQIOt1wvBlAqs8=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.2.0/go.mod h1:Ptn7zmohNsWEsdxRawMzk3gaKma2obW+NWTnKa0S4nk=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0 h1:U/0M97KRkSFvyD/3FSmdP5W5swImpNgle/EHFhOsQPE=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0/go.mod h1:NK/OQwhpMQP3MwtdjgLlYHnH9ebylxKWv3e0fK+mkQU=
-golang.org/x/text v0.6.0 h1:3XmdazWV+ubf7QgHSTWeykHOci5oeekaGJBLkrkaw4k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.6.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/mastodon.nix b/mastodon.nix
index fc40a1d..f2d5e61 100644
--- a/mastodon.nix
+++ b/mastodon.nix
@@ -69,34 +69,10 @@ let
       $@
   '';
 
-  auth = pkgs.buildGoModule rec {
-    name = "auth";
-    src = ./auth;
-    vendorHash = "sha256-cLn1tZL+LVMmSpLZYA7uRkEW7eFWGf+NFdvBEvQtjH4=";
-  };
-
   bucket = secrets.backup.bucket;
 
   domainName = "lor.sh";
 in {
-  systemd.services."mastodon-auth" = {
-    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-    after = [ "network.target" ];
-    environment = {
-      SOCKET = "/var/run/mastodon-auth/auth.socket";
-      DATABASE = "mastodon";
-      AUTH_SECRET = secrets.authSecret;
-    };
-    serviceConfig = {
-      Restart = "always";
-      RestartSec = 30;
-      ExecStart = "${auth}/bin/auth";
-      User = "mastodon";
-      RuntimeDirectory = "mastodon-auth";
-      RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0750";
-    };
-  };
-
   services.postgresqlBackup = {
     enable = true;
     databases = [ "mastodon" ];
@@ -138,10 +114,6 @@ in {
           reverse_proxy unix//run/mastodon-streaming/streaming-1.socket
       }
 
-      handle /api/v0/auth* {
-          reverse_proxy unix//run/mastodon-auth/auth.socket
-      }
-
       handle {
           reverse_proxy unix//run/mastodon-web/web.socket
       }
diff --git a/secrets.nix.example b/secrets.nix.example
index b34841b..ba40413 100644
--- a/secrets.nix.example
+++ b/secrets.nix.example
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     bucket = "";
   };
 
-  authSecret = "";
-
   smtpPassword = "";
 
   vapidPublicKey = "";