diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/api.ts b/web/src/lib/api/api.ts
index 74993a90..8960b5cb 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/api.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/api.ts
@@ -1,85 +1,3 @@
-import { get } from "svelte/store";
-
-import settings from "$lib/state/settings";
-import { getSession } from "$lib/api/session";
-import { currentApiURL } from "$lib/api/api-url";
-import { apiOverrideWarning } from "$lib/api/safety-warning";
-import type { Optional } from "$lib/types/generic";
-import type { CobaltAPIResponse, CobaltErrorResponse } from "$lib/types/api";
-import lazySettingGetter from "$lib/settings/lazy-get";
-
-const request = async (url: string) => {
-    const getSetting = lazySettingGetter(get(settings));
-
-    const request = {
-        url,
-
-        downloadMode: getSetting("save", "downloadMode"),
-        audioBitrate: getSetting("save", "audioBitrate"),
-        audioFormat: getSetting("save", "audioFormat"),
-        tiktokFullAudio: getSetting("save", "tiktokFullAudio"),
-        youtubeDubBrowserLang: getSetting("save", "youtubeDubBrowserLang"),
-
-        youtubeVideoCodec: getSetting("save", "youtubeVideoCodec"),
-        videoQuality: getSetting("save", "videoQuality"),
-
-        filenameStyle: getSetting("save", "filenameStyle"),
-        disableMetadata: getSetting("save", "disableMetadata"),
-
-        twitterGif: getSetting("save", "twitterGif"),
-        tiktokH265: getSetting("save", "tiktokH265"),
-
-        alwaysProxy: getSetting("privacy", "alwaysProxy"),
-    }
-
-    await apiOverrideWarning();
-
-    const usingCustomInstance = getSetting("processing", "enableCustomInstances")
-                                && getSetting("processing", "customInstanceURL");
-    const api = currentApiURL();
-    // FIXME: rewrite this to allow custom instances to specify their own turnstile tokens
-    const session = usingCustomInstance ? undefined : await getSession();
-
-    let extraHeaders = {}
-
-    if (session) {
-        if ("error" in session) {
-            if (session.error.code !== "error.api.auth.not_configured") {
-                return session;
-            }
-        } else {
-            extraHeaders = {
-                "Authorization": `Bearer ${session.token}`,
-            };
-        }
-    }
-
-    const response: Optional<CobaltAPIResponse> = await fetch(api, {
-        method: "POST",
-        redirect: "manual",
-        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10000),
-        body: JSON.stringify(request),
-        headers: {
-            "Accept": "application/json",
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
-            ...extraHeaders,
-        },
-    })
-    .then(r => r.json())
-    .catch((e) => {
-        if (e?.message?.includes("timed out")) {
-            return {
-                status: "error",
-                error: {
-                    code: "error.api.timed_out"
-                }
-            } as CobaltErrorResponse;
-        }
-    });
-
-    return response;
-}
-
 const probeCobaltTunnel = async (url: string) => {
     const request = await fetch(`${url}&p=1`).catch(() => {});
     if (request?.status === 200) {
@@ -89,6 +7,5 @@ const probeCobaltTunnel = async (url: string) => {
 }
 
 export default {
-    request,
     probeCobaltTunnel,
 }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/session.ts b/web/src/lib/api/session.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f7974393..00000000
--- a/web/src/lib/api/session.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-import turnstile from "$lib/api/turnstile";
-import { writable, get } from "svelte/store";
-import { currentApiURL } from "$lib/api/api-url";
-
-import type { CobaltSession, CobaltErrorResponse, CobaltSessionResponse } from "$lib/types/api";
-
-const cachedSession = writable<CobaltSession | undefined>();
-
-export const requestSession = async() => {
-    const apiEndpoint = `${currentApiURL()}/session`;
-
-    let requestHeaders = {};
-
-    const turnstileResponse = turnstile.getResponse();
-    if (turnstileResponse) {
-        requestHeaders = {
-            "cf-turnstile-response": turnstileResponse
-        };
-    }
-
-    const response: CobaltSessionResponse = await fetch(apiEndpoint, {
-        method: "POST",
-        redirect: "manual",
-        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10000),
-        headers: requestHeaders,
-    })
-    .then(r => r.json())
-    .catch((e) => {
-        if (e?.message?.includes("timed out")) {
-            return {
-                status: "error",
-                error: {
-                    code: "error.api.timed_out"
-                }
-            } as CobaltErrorResponse
-        }
-    });
-
-    turnstile.update();
-
-    return response;
-}
-
-export const getSession = async () => {
-    const currentTime = () => Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
-    const cache = get(cachedSession);
-
-    if (cache?.token && cache?.exp - 2 > currentTime()) {
-        return cache;
-    }
-
-    const newSession = await requestSession();
-
-    if (!newSession) return {
-        status: "error",
-        error: {
-            code: "error.api.unreachable"
-        }
-    } as CobaltErrorResponse
-
-    if (!("status" in newSession)) {
-        newSession.exp = currentTime() + newSession.exp;
-        cachedSession.set(newSession);
-    }
-    return newSession;
-}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/turnstile.ts b/web/src/lib/api/turnstile.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 33d65a7f..00000000
--- a/web/src/lib/api/turnstile.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-const getResponse = () => {
-    const turnstileElement = document.getElementById("turnstile-widget");
-
-    if (turnstileElement) {
-        return window?.turnstile?.getResponse(turnstileElement);
-    }
-
-    return null;
-}
-
-const update = () => {
-    const turnstileElement = document.getElementById("turnstile-widget");
-
-    if (turnstileElement) {
-        return window?.turnstile?.reset(turnstileElement);
-    }
-
-    return null;
-}
-
-export default {
-    getResponse,
-    update,
-}