diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 48210957..237d65f8 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a69d38cd..81130673 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@
     "minimist": "^1.2.8",
     "moment": "^2.30.1",
     "pino": "^8.19.0",
-    "sequelize": "^6.37.1",
-    "splid-js": "^1.1.1",
-    "sqlite3": "~5.1.7"
+    "splid-js": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@biomejs/biome": "^1.6.3",
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index cb786d71..23cb2de8 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import messageHandler from "./handler/messageHandler.js";
 import messageDeleteHandler from "./handler/messageDeleteHandler.js";
 import BdayHandler from "./handler/bdayHandler.js";
 import * as fadingMessageHandler from "./handler/fadingMessageHandler.js";
-import * as storage from "./storage/storage.js";
 import * as kysely from "./storage/kysely.js";
 
 import * as ban from "./commands/modcommands/ban.js";
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ client.once("ready", async initializedClient => {
         botContext = await createBotContext(initializedClient);
         console.assert(!!botContext, "Bot context should be available"); // TODO: Remove once botContext is used
 
-        await storage.initialize(botContext.databasePath);
         await kysely.connectToDb(botContext.databasePath);
 
         await scheduleCronjobs(botContext);
diff --git a/src/storage/storage.ts b/src/storage/storage.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 821543e6..00000000
--- a/src/storage/storage.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Sequelize } from "sequelize";
-
-import log from "../utils/logger.js";
-
-export async function initialize(databasePath: string) {
-    const sequelize = new Sequelize({
-        dialect: "sqlite",
-        storage: databasePath,
-        logQueryParameters: true,
-        logging: sql => log.trace(sql),
-    });
-
-    log.info("Initializing Database Schemas...");
-
-    await sequelize.sync();
-}