diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/activityPubMiddleware.ts b/backend/src/middleware/activityPubMiddleware.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 712ca6c8a..000000000
--- a/backend/src/middleware/activityPubMiddleware.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import { generateRsaKeyPair } from '../activitypub/security'
-import { activityPub } from '../activitypub/ActivityPub'
-// import as from 'activitystrea.ms'
-
-// const debug = require('debug')('backend:schema')
-
-export default {
-  Mutation: {
-    // CreatePost: async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
-    //   args.activityId = activityPub.generateStatusId(context.user.slug)
-    //   args.objectId = activityPub.generateStatusId(context.user.slug)
-
-    //   const post = await resolve(root, args, context, info)
-
-    //   const { user: author } = context
-    //   const actorId = author.actorId
-    //   debug(`actorId = ${actorId}`)
-    //   const createActivity = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    //     as.create()
-    //       .id(`${actorId}/status/${args.activityId}`)
-    //       .actor(`${actorId}`)
-    //       .object(
-    //         as
-    //           .article()
-    //           .id(`${actorId}/status/${post.id}`)
-    //           .content(post.content)
-    //           .to('https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public')
-    //           .publishedNow()
-    //           .attributedTo(`${actorId}`),
-    //       )
-    //       .prettyWrite((err, doc) => {
-    //         if (err) {
-    //           reject(err)
-    //         } else {
-    //           debug(doc)
-    //           const parsedDoc = JSON.parse(doc)
-    //           parsedDoc.send = true
-    //           resolve(JSON.stringify(parsedDoc))
-    //         }
-    //       })
-    //   })
-    //   try {
-    //     await activityPub.sendActivity(createActivity)
-    //   } catch (e) {
-    //     debug(`error sending post activity\n${e}`)
-    //   }
-    //   return post
-    // },
-    SignupVerification: async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
-      const keys = generateRsaKeyPair()
-      Object.assign(args, keys)
-      args.actorId = `${activityPub.host}/activitypub/users/${args.slug}`
-      return resolve(root, args, context, info)
-    },
-  },
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/index.ts b/backend/src/middleware/index.ts
index 22e92e1a3..813bbe9a7 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { applyMiddleware } from 'graphql-middleware'
 import CONFIG from './../config'
-
-import activityPub from './activityPubMiddleware'
 import softDelete from './softDelete/softDeleteMiddleware'
 import sluggify from './sluggifyMiddleware'
 import excerpt from './excerptMiddleware'
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ export default (schema) => {
     sentry,
     permissions,
     xss,
-    activityPub,
     validation,
     sluggify,
     excerpt,