diff --git a/backend/cmd/api/anything_server_layer b/backend/cmd/api/anything_server_layer
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/backend/internal/auth/auth.go b/backend/internal/auth/auth.go
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index 986d145..0000000
--- a/backend/internal/auth/auth.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package auth
-
-type Authenticator interface {
-	NewUser(username string, password string) error
-	ChangePassword(username string, oldPassword string, newPassword string) error
-	ResetPassword(username string, newPassword string) error // need to enable some sort of authorization stuff
-	DeleteUser(username string, password string) error
-
-	CreateSessionTokens() (token string, regentoken string, err error)
-	RegenSessionTokens(regenToken string) (token string, regentoken string, err error)
-	ValidateToken(token string) error
-	EndSession() error
-
-	// need to figure out the role stuff
-}
diff --git a/backend/internal/auth/local_auth.go b/backend/internal/auth/local_auth.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9008d1d..0000000
--- a/backend/internal/auth/local_auth.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-package auth
-
-import (
-	"git.ewellenr.ca/receipt_indexer/backend/internal/lcrypto"
-	"git.ewellenr.ca/receipt_indexer/backend/internal/storage"
-)
-
-type LocalAuth struct {
-	sessStore        storage.SessionStore
-	userStore        storage.UserStore
-	crypographer     lcrypto.Hasher
-	sessionKeyLength uint
-}
-
-func generateSessionKey(length uint) (string, error) {
-	key, err := lcrypto.GenerateRandomBytes(length)
-	return string(key), err
-}
-
-func (la *LocalAuth) NewUser(username string, password string) (err error) {
-
-	// check for existing user
-
-}
-
-func (la *LocalAuth) CreateSessionTokens() (token string, regentoken string, err error) {
-	token, err = generateSessionKey(la.sessionKeyLength)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", "", err
-	}
-	err = la.sessStore.AddSession(token)
-	return "", "", err
-}
-
-// // argon2 parameter struct
-// type Argon2params struct {
-// 	Memory      uint32
-// 	Iterations  uint32
-// 	Parallelism uint8
-// 	SaltLength  uint32
-// 	KeyLength   uint32
-// }
-
-// var DefaultArgon2Params = &Argon2params{
-// 	Memory:      64 * 1024,
-// 	Iterations:  1,
-// 	Parallelism: uint8(runtime.NumCPU()),
-// 	SaltLength:  16,
-// 	KeyLength:   32,
-// }
-
-// func (p *Argon2params) GeneratePassEncoding(password string) (encoding string, err error) {
-// 	salt, err := generateRandomBytes(uint(p.SaltLength))
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return "", err
-// 	}
-
-// 	hash := argon2.IDKey([]byte(password), salt, p.Iterations, p.Memory, p.Parallelism, p.KeyLength)
-
-// 	// Base64 encode the salt and hashed password.
-// 	b64Salt := base64.RawStdEncoding.EncodeToString(salt)
-// 	b64Hash := base64.RawStdEncoding.EncodeToString(hash)
-
-// 	// Return a string using the standard encoded hash representation.
-// 	encoding = fmt.Sprintf("$argon2id$v=%d$m=%d,t=%d,p=%d$%s$%s", argon2.Version, p.Memory, p.Iterations, p.Parallelism, b64Salt, b64Hash)
-
-// 	return encoding, nil
-// }
-
-// func CheckPasswordAgainstEncoding(password string, encodedHash string) (match bool, err error) {
-// 	p, salt, hash, err := decodeHash(encodedHash)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return false, err
-// 	}
-
-// 	// Derive the key from the other password using the same parameters.
-// 	otherHash := argon2.IDKey([]byte(password), salt, p.Iterations, p.Memory, p.Parallelism, p.KeyLength)
-
-// 	// Check that the contents of the hashed passwords are identical. Note
-// 	// that we are using the subtle.ConstantTimeCompare() function for this
-// 	// to help prevent timing attacks.
-// 	if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(hash, otherHash) == 1 {
-// 		return true, nil
-// 	}
-// 	return false, nil
-// }
-
-// // PRIVATE STUFF
-
-// // error statements
-// var ErrInvalidHash = errors.New("the encoded hash is not in the correct format")
-// var ErrIncompatibleVersion = errors.New("incompatible version of argon2")
-
-// func decodeHash(encodedHash string) (p *Argon2params, salt []byte, hash []byte, err error) {
-
-// 	vals := strings.Split(encodedHash, "$")
-// 	if len(vals) != 6 {
-// 		return nil, nil, nil, ErrInvalidHash
-// 	}
-
-// 	var version int
-// 	_, err = fmt.Sscanf(vals[2], "v=%d", &version)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, nil, nil, err
-// 	}
-// 	if version != argon2.Version {
-// 		return nil, nil, nil, ErrIncompatibleVersion
-// 	}
-
-// 	p = &Argon2params{}
-// 	_, err = fmt.Sscanf(vals[3], "m=%d,t=%d,p=%d", &p.Memory, &p.Iterations, &p.Parallelism)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, nil, nil, err
-// 	}
-
-// 	salt, err = base64.RawStdEncoding.Strict().DecodeString(vals[4])
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, nil, nil, err
-// 	}
-// 	p.SaltLength = uint32(len(salt))
-
-// 	hash, err = base64.RawStdEncoding.Strict().DecodeString(vals[5])
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, nil, nil, err
-// 	}
-// 	p.KeyLength = uint32(len(hash))
-
-// 	return p, salt, hash, nil
-
-// }