diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
index b04085fae..fb5fe4ef9 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
@@ -257,20 +257,7 @@
               ?&  !(~(has by archive) resource)
                   !(~(has by graphs) resource)
           ==  ==
-      =/  old-graph=(unit marked-graph:store)
-        (~(get by graphs) resource)
       ?>  (validate-graph graph mark)
-      =/  clay-backup=(list card)
-        ?~  old-graph  ~
-        =/  =wire
-          backup+(en-path:res resource)
-        =/  =update:store
-          [%0 now.bowl %add-graph resource p.u.old-graph q.u.old-graph %.y]
-        =/  =cage
-          graph-update+!>(update)
-        =/  =soba:clay
-          [(welp wire /[(scot %da now.bowl)]/graph-update) ins+cage]~
-        [%pass wire %arvo %c %info %home &+soba]~
       :_  %_  state
               graphs       (~(put by graphs) resource [graph mark])
               update-logs  (~(put by update-logs) resource (gas:orm-log ~ ~))
@@ -283,7 +270,6 @@
       %-  zing
       :~  (give [/keys ~] %keys (~(put in ~(key by graphs)) resource))
           (give [/updates ~] %add-graph resource *graph:store mark overwrite)
-          clay-backup
           ?~  mark  ~
           ?:  (~(has in validators) u.mark)  ~
           =/  wire  /validator/[u.mark]