diff --git a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs b/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
index 90e5183dd4ffb0e876a02dcbba34d3d3e3e18f3e..c86b20dfde31ca63b5dc1537426d614fb26c3503 100644
--- a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ fn db_options(
 	// restored via federation.
 	db_opts.set_wal_recovery_mode(rust_rocksdb::DBRecoveryMode::TolerateCorruptedTailRecords);
 
-	// TODO: remove me? https://gitlab.com/famedly/conduit/-/merge_requests/602/diffs#a3a261d6a9014330581b5bdecd586dab5ae00245_62_54
-	let prefix_extractor = rust_rocksdb::SliceTransform::create_fixed_prefix(1);
-	db_opts.set_prefix_extractor(prefix_extractor);
-
 	db_opts.set_block_based_table_factory(&block_based_options);
 	db_opts.set_env(env);
 	db_opts