diff --git a/butcher/src/main.rs b/butcher/src/main.rs
index 44b7306..fc9d25e 100644
--- a/butcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/butcher/src/main.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use trend_setter::UpdateSet;
 
 mod config;
 mod trend_setter;
-mod tag_trimmer;
 
 async fn is_profane(profanity: &WordList, post: &Post) -> bool {
     if post.sensitive == Some(true) {
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ async fn main() {
     cave::systemd::status("Starting trend_setter");
     let trend_setter_tx = trend_setter::start(store.clone());
 
-    cave::systemd::status("Starting tag_trimmer");
-    tag_trimmer::start(store.clone());
-
     let firehose_factory = FirehoseFactory::new(config.redis);
     let firehose = firehose_factory.produce()
         .await
diff --git a/butcher/src/tag_trimmer.rs b/butcher/src/tag_trimmer.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 18dadc2..0000000
--- a/butcher/src/tag_trimmer.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-
-use futures::{
-    future::join,
-    StreamExt,
-};
-use tokio::time::sleep;
-use cave::store::Store;
-
-const TRIM_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(86400);
-const TRIM_STEP_SLEEP: Duration = Duration::from_millis(30);
-
-pub fn start(store: Store) {
-    tokio::spawn(async move {
-        loop {
-            let start = Instant::now();
-            run(&store).await;
-            let end = Instant::now();
-            tracing::info!("trimmed in {:.3?}", end - start);
-
-            sleep(TRIM_INTERVAL).await;
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-async fn run(store: &Store) {
-    let mut store1 = store.clone();
-    let mut store3 = store.clone();
-
-    join(async {
-        let store2 = store1.clone();
-        store1.get_tags_global()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .for_each(move |tag| {
-                let mut store2 = store2.clone();
-                async move {
-                    trim_tag(None, tag, &mut store2).await;
-                    sleep(TRIM_STEP_SLEEP).await;
-                }
-            })
-            .await
-    }, async {
-        let store4 = store3.clone();
-        store3.get_tags_by_language()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .for_each(move |(language, tag)| {
-                let mut store4 = store4.clone();
-                async move {
-                    trim_tag(language, tag, &mut store4).await;
-                    sleep(TRIM_STEP_SLEEP).await;
-                }})
-            .await
-    }).await;
-}
-
-async fn trim_tag(language: Option<String>, tag: String, store: &mut Store) {
-    let t1 = Instant::now();
-    let lang = if language.is_some() { "some" } else { "any" };
-    let trend_tags = store.get_trend_tags(&language, [tag].into_iter())
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-    let trend_tag = &trend_tags[0];
-
-    if trend_tag.hour_users.iter().all(|(_, users)| *users == 0) {
-        // drop the whole wholly-outdated tag
-        tracing::debug!("Deleting whole tag {:?} {}", language, trend_tag.name);
-        store.delete_tag(&language, &trend_tag.name).await
-            .expect("delete_tag");
-        metrics::increment_counter!("hunter_trimmed_tags", "type" => "delete_tag", "lang" => lang);
-    } else {
-        store.clean_trend_tag(&language, trend_tag).await
-            .expect("clean_trend_tag");
-        metrics::increment_counter!("hunter_trimmed_tags", "type" => "clean_trend_tag", "lang" => lang);
-    }
-    let t2 = Instant::now();
-    metrics::histogram!("hunter_trim_tag_seconds", t2 - t1, "lang" => lang);
-}
diff --git a/hunter/src/tag_trimmer.rs b/hunter/src/tag_trimmer.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 18dadc2..0000000
--- a/hunter/src/tag_trimmer.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-
-use futures::{
-    future::join,
-    StreamExt,
-};
-use tokio::time::sleep;
-use cave::store::Store;
-
-const TRIM_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(86400);
-const TRIM_STEP_SLEEP: Duration = Duration::from_millis(30);
-
-pub fn start(store: Store) {
-    tokio::spawn(async move {
-        loop {
-            let start = Instant::now();
-            run(&store).await;
-            let end = Instant::now();
-            tracing::info!("trimmed in {:.3?}", end - start);
-
-            sleep(TRIM_INTERVAL).await;
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-async fn run(store: &Store) {
-    let mut store1 = store.clone();
-    let mut store3 = store.clone();
-
-    join(async {
-        let store2 = store1.clone();
-        store1.get_tags_global()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .for_each(move |tag| {
-                let mut store2 = store2.clone();
-                async move {
-                    trim_tag(None, tag, &mut store2).await;
-                    sleep(TRIM_STEP_SLEEP).await;
-                }
-            })
-            .await
-    }, async {
-        let store4 = store3.clone();
-        store3.get_tags_by_language()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .for_each(move |(language, tag)| {
-                let mut store4 = store4.clone();
-                async move {
-                    trim_tag(language, tag, &mut store4).await;
-                    sleep(TRIM_STEP_SLEEP).await;
-                }})
-            .await
-    }).await;
-}
-
-async fn trim_tag(language: Option<String>, tag: String, store: &mut Store) {
-    let t1 = Instant::now();
-    let lang = if language.is_some() { "some" } else { "any" };
-    let trend_tags = store.get_trend_tags(&language, [tag].into_iter())
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-    let trend_tag = &trend_tags[0];
-
-    if trend_tag.hour_users.iter().all(|(_, users)| *users == 0) {
-        // drop the whole wholly-outdated tag
-        tracing::debug!("Deleting whole tag {:?} {}", language, trend_tag.name);
-        store.delete_tag(&language, &trend_tag.name).await
-            .expect("delete_tag");
-        metrics::increment_counter!("hunter_trimmed_tags", "type" => "delete_tag", "lang" => lang);
-    } else {
-        store.clean_trend_tag(&language, trend_tag).await
-            .expect("clean_trend_tag");
-        metrics::increment_counter!("hunter_trimmed_tags", "type" => "clean_trend_tag", "lang" => lang);
-    }
-    let t2 = Instant::now();
-    metrics::histogram!("hunter_trim_tag_seconds", t2 - t1, "lang" => lang);
-}