diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/MemoryTaskStore.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/MemoryTaskStore.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c5522cb38a..0000000000
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/MemoryTaskStore.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021 Spotify AB
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-describe('MemoryDatabase', () => {
-  it('should be tested', async () => {
-    expect(1).toBe(2);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/MemoryTaskStore.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/MemoryTaskStore.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e181edf524..0000000000
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/MemoryTaskStore.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021 Spotify AB
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import {
-  DbTaskRow,
-  DbTaskEventRow,
-  Status,
-  TaskSpec,
-  TaskStore,
-  TaskStoreGetEventsOptions,
-  TaskStoreEmitOptions,
-} from './types';
-import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
-
-export class MemoryTaskStore implements TaskStore {
-  private readonly store = new Map<string, DbTaskRow>();
-  private readonly events = new Array<DbTaskEventRow>();
-
-  async emit({ taskId, runId, body, type }: TaskStoreEmitOptions) {
-    this.events.push({
-      id: this.events.length,
-      taskId,
-      runId,
-      body,
-      type,
-      createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-    });
-  }
-
-  async getEvents({
-    taskId,
-    after,
-  }: TaskStoreGetEventsOptions): Promise<{ events: DbTaskEventRow[] }> {
-    const events = this.events.filter(event => {
-      if (event.taskId !== taskId) {
-        return false;
-      }
-      if (after !== undefined) {
-        if (event.id <= after) {
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
-      return true;
-    });
-    return { events };
-  }
-
-  async heartbeat(runId: string): Promise<void> {
-    let task: DbTaskRow | undefined;
-
-    for (const t of this.store.values()) {
-      if (t.runId === runId) {
-        task = t;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (!task) {
-      throw new Error('No task with matching runId found');
-    }
-
-    this.store.set(task.id, {
-      ...task,
-      lastHeartbeat: new Date().toISOString(),
-    });
-  }
-
-  async claimTask(): Promise<DbTaskRow | undefined> {
-    for (const t of this.store.values()) {
-      if (t.status === 'open') {
-        const task: DbTaskRow = {
-          ...t,
-          status: 'processing',
-          runId: uuid(),
-        };
-        this.store.set(t.id, task);
-        return task;
-      }
-    }
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
-  async createTask(spec: TaskSpec): Promise<{ taskId: string }> {
-    const taskRow = {
-      id: uuid(),
-      spec,
-      status: 'open' as Status,
-      retryCount: 0,
-      createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-    };
-    this.store.set(taskRow.id, taskRow);
-    return { taskId: taskRow.id };
-  }
-
-  async get(taskId: string): Promise<DbTaskRow> {
-    const task = this.store.get(taskId);
-    if (task) {
-      return task;
-    }
-    throw new Error(`could not found task ${taskId}`);
-  }
-
-  async setStatus(taskId: string, status: Status): Promise<void> {
-    const task = this.store.get(taskId);
-    if (!task) {
-      throw new Error(`no task found`);
-    }
-    this.store.set(task.id, { ...task, status });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/index.ts
index 7b6552a3e0..c85135426e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export { MemoryTaskStore } from './MemoryTaskStore';
 export { DatabaseTaskStore } from './DatabaseTaskStore';
 export { StorageTaskBroker } from './StorageTaskBroker';
 export { TaskWorker } from './TaskWorker';