diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7e641e4..265352e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1321,7 +1321,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "gpui_windows",
  "indexset",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
- "key_store",
  "log",
  "nostr-connect",
  "nostr-sdk",
@@ -3509,22 +3508,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "key_store"
-version = "0.3.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "common",
- "futures",
- "gpui",
- "log",
- "nostr-sdk",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "smallvec",
- "smol",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "khronos-egl"
 version = "6.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/coop/Cargo.toml b/crates/coop/Cargo.toml
index ea93b45..ade8db1 100644
--- a/crates/coop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/coop/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ theme = { path = "../theme" }
 common = { path = "../common" }
 state = { path = "../state" }
 device = { path = "../device" }
-key_store = { path = "../key_store" }
 chat = { path = "../chat" }
 chat_ui = { path = "../chat_ui" }
 settings = { path = "../settings" }
diff --git a/crates/coop/src/main.rs b/crates/coop/src/main.rs
index 811cb73..0540bd4 100644
--- a/crates/coop/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/coop/src/main.rs
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ fn main() {
                     // Initialize theme registry
                     theme::init(cx);
 
-                    // Initialize backend for keys storage
-                    key_store::init(cx);
-
                     // Initialize the nostr client
                     state::init(window, cx);
 
diff --git a/crates/key_store/Cargo.toml b/crates/key_store/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 616a7f9..0000000
--- a/crates/key_store/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "key_store"
-version.workspace = true
-edition.workspace = true
-publish.workspace = true
-
-[dependencies]
-common = { path = "../common" }
-
-gpui.workspace = true
-nostr-sdk.workspace = true
-
-anyhow.workspace = true
-smallvec.workspace = true
-smol.workspace = true
-log.workspace = true
-futures.workspace = true
-serde.workspace = true
-serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/key_store/src/backend.rs b/crates/key_store/src/backend.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e83dd7..0000000
--- a/crates/key_store/src/backend.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,211 +0,0 @@
-use std::any::Any;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::fmt::Display;
-use std::future::Future;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::pin::Pin;
-
-use anyhow::Result;
-use common::config_dir;
-use futures::FutureExt as _;
-use gpui::AsyncApp;
-use nostr_sdk::prelude::*;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-pub struct Credential {
-    public_key: PublicKey,
-    secret: String,
-}
-
-impl Credential {
-    pub fn new(user: String, secret: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            public_key: PublicKey::parse(&user).unwrap(),
-            secret: String::from_utf8(secret).unwrap(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn public_key(&self) -> PublicKey {
-        self.public_key
-    }
-
-    pub fn secret(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.secret
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-pub enum KeyItem {
-    User,
-    Bunker,
-}
-
-impl Display for KeyItem {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Self::User => write!(f, "coop-user"),
-            Self::Bunker => write!(f, "coop-bunker"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<KeyItem> for String {
-    fn from(item: KeyItem) -> Self {
-        item.to_string()
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait KeyBackend: Any + Send + Sync {
-    fn name(&self) -> &str;
-
-    /// Reads the credentials from the provider.
-    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
-    fn read_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Option<(String, Vec<u8>)>>> + 'a>>;
-
-    /// Writes the credentials to the provider.
-    fn write_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        username: &'a str,
-        password: &'a [u8],
-        cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<()>> + 'a>>;
-
-    /// Deletes the credentials from the provider.
-    fn delete_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<()>> + 'a>>;
-}
-
-/// A credentials provider that stores credentials in the system keychain.
-pub struct KeyringProvider;
-
-impl KeyBackend for KeyringProvider {
-    fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        "keyring"
-    }
-
-    fn read_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Option<(String, Vec<u8>)>>> + 'a>> {
-        async move { cx.update(|cx| cx.read_credentials(url)).await }.boxed_local()
-    }
-
-    fn write_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        username: &'a str,
-        password: &'a [u8],
-        cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<()>> + 'a>> {
-        async move {
-            cx.update(move |cx| cx.write_credentials(url, username, password))
-                .await
-        }
-        .boxed_local()
-    }
-
-    fn delete_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<()>> + 'a>> {
-        async move { cx.update(move |cx| cx.delete_credentials(url)).await }.boxed_local()
-    }
-}
-
-/// A credentials provider that stores credentials in a local file.
-pub struct FileProvider {
-    path: PathBuf,
-}
-
-impl FileProvider {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        let path = config_dir().join(".keys");
-
-        if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
-            let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(parent);
-        }
-
-        Self { path }
-    }
-
-    pub fn load_credentials(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, (String, Vec<u8>)>> {
-        let json = std::fs::read(&self.path)?;
-        let credentials: HashMap<String, (String, Vec<u8>)> = serde_json::from_slice(&json)?;
-
-        Ok(credentials)
-    }
-
-    pub fn save_credentials(&self, credentials: &HashMap<String, (String, Vec<u8>)>) -> Result<()> {
-        let json = serde_json::to_string(credentials)?;
-        std::fs::write(&self.path, json)?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for FileProvider {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::new()
-    }
-}
-
-impl KeyBackend for FileProvider {
-    fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        "file"
-    }
-
-    fn read_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        _cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Option<(String, Vec<u8>)>>> + 'a>> {
-        async move {
-            Ok(self
-                .load_credentials()
-                .unwrap_or_default()
-                .get(url)
-                .cloned())
-        }
-        .boxed_local()
-    }
-
-    fn write_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        username: &'a str,
-        password: &'a [u8],
-        _cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<()>> + 'a>> {
-        async move {
-            let mut credentials = self.load_credentials().unwrap_or_default();
-            credentials.insert(url.to_string(), (username.to_string(), password.to_vec()));
-
-            self.save_credentials(&credentials)
-        }
-        .boxed_local()
-    }
-
-    fn delete_credentials<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        url: &'a str,
-        _cx: &'a AsyncApp,
-    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<()>> + 'a>> {
-        async move {
-            let mut credentials = self.load_credentials()?;
-            credentials.remove(url);
-
-            self.save_credentials(&credentials)
-        }
-        .boxed_local()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/key_store/src/lib.rs b/crates/key_store/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a096a6..0000000
--- a/crates/key_store/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock};
-
-pub use backend::*;
-use gpui::{App, AppContext, Context, Entity, Global, Task};
-use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
-
-mod backend;
-
-static DISABLE_KEYRING: LazyLock<bool> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| std::env::var("DISABLE_KEYRING").is_ok_and(|value| !value.is_empty()));
-
-pub fn init(cx: &mut App) {
-    KeyStore::set_global(cx.new(KeyStore::new), cx);
-}
-
-struct GlobalKeyStore(Entity<KeyStore>);
-
-impl Global for GlobalKeyStore {}
-
-pub struct KeyStore {
-    /// Key Store for storing credentials
-    pub backend: Arc<dyn KeyBackend>,
-
-    /// Whether the keystore has been initialized
-    pub initialized: bool,
-
-    /// Tasks for asynchronous operations
-    _tasks: SmallVec<[Task<()>; 1]>,
-}
-
-impl KeyStore {
-    /// Retrieve the global keys state
-    pub fn global(cx: &App) -> Entity<Self> {
-        cx.global::<GlobalKeyStore>().0.clone()
-    }
-
-    /// Set the global keys instance
-    pub(crate) fn set_global(state: Entity<Self>, cx: &mut App) {
-        cx.set_global(GlobalKeyStore(state));
-    }
-
-    /// Create a new keys instance
-    pub(crate) fn new(cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> Self {
-        // Use the file system for keystore in development or when the user specifies it
-        let use_file_keystore = cfg!(debug_assertions) || *DISABLE_KEYRING;
-
-        // Construct the key backend
-        let backend: Arc<dyn KeyBackend> = if use_file_keystore {
-            Arc::new(FileProvider::default())
-        } else {
-            Arc::new(KeyringProvider)
-        };
-
-        // Only used for testing keyring availability on the user's system
-        let read_credential = cx.read_credentials("Coop");
-        let mut tasks = smallvec![];
-
-        tasks.push(
-            // Verify the keyring availability
-            cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
-                let result = read_credential.await;
-
-                this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
-                    if let Err(e) = result {
-                        log::error!("Keyring error: {e}");
-                        // For Linux:
-                        // The user has not installed secret service on their system
-                        // Fall back to the file provider
-                        this.backend = Arc::new(FileProvider::default());
-                    }
-                    this.initialized = true;
-                    cx.notify();
-                })
-                .ok();
-            }),
-        );
-
-        Self {
-            backend,
-            initialized: false,
-            _tasks: tasks,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the key backend.
-    pub fn backend(&self) -> Arc<dyn KeyBackend> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.backend)
-    }
-
-    /// Returns true if the keystore is a file key backend.
-    pub fn is_using_file_keystore(&self) -> bool {
-        self.backend.name() == "file"
-    }
-}