diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
index eacfae098..7faa57f0e 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 )]
 
 pub mod askpass;
-// pub mod assets;
 pub mod dedup;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod fs;
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ pub mod ssh;
 pub mod storage;
 pub mod time;
 pub mod types;
-// pub mod users;
 pub mod virtual_branches;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 pub mod windows;
-pub mod writer;
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/writer.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/writer.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index dff82d562..000000000
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/writer.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::Path;
-
-use anyhow::Result;
-
-use crate::lock;
-
-pub struct DirWriter(lock::Dir);
-
-impl DirWriter {
-    pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(root: P) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
-        lock::Dir::new(root).map(Self)
-    }
-}
-
-impl DirWriter {
-    fn write<P, C>(&self, path: P, contents: C) -> Result<(), std::io::Error>
-    where
-        P: AsRef<Path>,
-        C: AsRef<[u8]>,
-    {
-        self.batch(&[BatchTask::Write(path, contents)])
-    }
-
-    pub fn remove<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-        self.0.batch(|root| {
-            let path = root.join(path);
-            if path.exists() {
-                if path.is_dir() {
-                    std::fs::remove_dir_all(path)
-                } else {
-                    std::fs::remove_file(path)
-                }
-            } else {
-                Ok(())
-            }
-        })?
-    }
-
-    pub fn batch<P, C>(&self, values: &[BatchTask<P, C>]) -> Result<(), std::io::Error>
-    where
-        P: AsRef<Path>,
-        C: AsRef<[u8]>,
-    {
-        self.0.batch(|root| {
-            for value in values {
-                match value {
-                    BatchTask::Write(path, contents) => {
-                        let path = root.join(path);
-                        if let Some(dir_path) = path.parent() {
-                            if !dir_path.exists() {
-                                std::fs::create_dir_all(dir_path)?;
-                            }
-                        };
-                        std::fs::write(path, contents)?;
-                    }
-                    BatchTask::Remove(path) => {
-                        let path = root.join(path);
-                        if path.exists() {
-                            if path.is_dir() {
-                                std::fs::remove_dir_all(path)?;
-                            } else {
-                                std::fs::remove_file(path)?;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            Ok(())
-        })?
-    }
-
-    pub fn write_string<P: AsRef<Path>>(
-        &self,
-        path: P,
-        contents: &str,
-    ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-        self.write(path, contents)
-    }
-}
-
-pub enum BatchTask<P: AsRef<Path>, C: AsRef<[u8]>> {
-    Write(P, C),
-    Remove(P),
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn write() {
-        let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-        let writer = DirWriter::open(root.path()).unwrap();
-        writer.write("foo/bar", b"baz").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            std::fs::read_to_string(root.path().join("foo/bar")).unwrap(),
-            "baz"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn remove() {
-        let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-        let writer = DirWriter::open(root.path()).unwrap();
-        writer.remove("foo/bar").unwrap();
-        assert!(!root.path().join("foo/bar").exists());
-        writer.write("foo/bar", b"baz").unwrap();
-        writer.remove("foo/bar").unwrap();
-        assert!(!root.path().join("foo/bar").exists());
-        writer.write("parent/child", b"baz").unwrap();
-        writer.remove("parent").unwrap();
-        assert!(!root.path().join("parent").exists());
-    }
-}