diff --git a/lbry/db/search.py b/lbry/db/search.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fec9f75de..000000000
--- a/lbry/db/search.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-import time
-import struct
-import apsw
-import logging
-from operator import itemgetter
-from typing import Tuple, List, Dict, Union, Type, Optional
-from binascii import unhexlify
-from decimal import Decimal
-from contextvars import ContextVar
-from functools import wraps
-from itertools import chain
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-
-from lbry.wallet.database import query, interpolate
-from lbry.error import ResolveCensoredError
-from lbry.schema.url import URL, normalize_name
-from lbry.schema.tags import clean_tags
-from lbry.schema.result import Outputs, Censor
-from lbry.blockchain.ledger import Ledger, RegTestLedger
-
-from .constants import CLAIM_TYPES, STREAM_TYPES
-from .full_text_search import FTS_ORDER_BY
-
-
-class SQLiteOperationalError(apsw.Error):
-    def __init__(self, metrics):
-        super().__init__('sqlite query errored')
-        self.metrics = metrics
-
-
-class SQLiteInterruptedError(apsw.InterruptError):
-    def __init__(self, metrics):
-        super().__init__('sqlite query interrupted')
-        self.metrics = metrics
-
-
-
-
-@dataclass
-class ReaderState:
-    db: apsw.Connection
-    stack: List[List]
-    metrics: Dict
-    is_tracking_metrics: bool
-    ledger: Type[Ledger]
-    query_timeout: float
-    log: logging.Logger
-    blocked_streams: Dict
-    blocked_channels: Dict
-    filtered_streams: Dict
-    filtered_channels: Dict
-
-    def close(self):
-        self.db.close()
-
-    def reset_metrics(self):
-        self.stack = []
-        self.metrics = {}
-
-    def set_query_timeout(self):
-        stop_at = time.perf_counter() + self.query_timeout
-
-        def interruptor():
-            if time.perf_counter() >= stop_at:
-                self.db.interrupt()
-            return
-
-        self.db.setprogresshandler(interruptor, 100)
-
-    def get_resolve_censor(self) -> Censor:
-        return Censor(self.blocked_streams, self.blocked_channels)
-
-    def get_search_censor(self) -> Censor:
-        return Censor(self.filtered_streams, self.filtered_channels)
-
-
-ctx: ContextVar[Optional[ReaderState]] = ContextVar('ctx')
-
-
-def row_factory(cursor, row):
-    return {
-        k[0]: (set(row[i].split(',')) if k[0] == 'tags' else row[i])
-        for i, k in enumerate(cursor.getdescription())
-    }
-
-
-def initializer(log, _path, _ledger_name, query_timeout, _measure=False, block_and_filter=None):
-    db = apsw.Connection(_path, flags=apsw.SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY | apsw.SQLITE_OPEN_URI)
-    db.setrowtrace(row_factory)
-    if block_and_filter:
-        blocked_streams, blocked_channels, filtered_streams, filtered_channels = block_and_filter
-    else:
-        blocked_streams = blocked_channels = filtered_streams = filtered_channels = {}
-    ctx.set(
-        ReaderState(
-            db=db, stack=[], metrics={}, is_tracking_metrics=_measure,
-            ledger=Ledger if _ledger_name == 'mainnet' else RegTestLedger,
-            query_timeout=query_timeout, log=log,
-            blocked_streams=blocked_streams, blocked_channels=blocked_channels,
-            filtered_streams=filtered_streams, filtered_channels=filtered_channels,
-        )
-    )
-
-
-def cleanup():
-    ctx.get().close()
-    ctx.set(None)
-
-
-def measure(func):
-    @wraps(func)
-    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        state = ctx.get()
-        if not state.is_tracking_metrics:
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-        metric = {}
-        state.metrics.setdefault(func.__name__, []).append(metric)
-        state.stack.append([])
-        start = time.perf_counter()
-        try:
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-        finally:
-            elapsed = int((time.perf_counter()-start)*1000)
-            metric['total'] = elapsed
-            metric['isolated'] = (elapsed-sum(state.stack.pop()))
-            if state.stack:
-                state.stack[-1].append(elapsed)
-    return wrapper
-
-
-def reports_metrics(func):
-    @wraps(func)
-    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        state = ctx.get()
-        if not state.is_tracking_metrics:
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-        state.reset_metrics()
-        r = func(*args, **kwargs)
-        return r, state.metrics
-    return wrapper
-
-