diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b31e085..d876375 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 set(SRC_FILES
-    src/base64.cpp
     ${GENERATED_SRC_FILES}
 )
 
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@
     set(UT_FILES
         src/crow_test.cpp
         src/gtest_main.cpp
-        src/base64_test.cpp
         src/token_authorization_middleware_test.cpp
         src/security_headers_middleware_test.cpp
         src/webassets_test.cpp
diff --git a/include/base64.hpp b/include/base64.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 092189d..0000000
--- a/include/base64.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include <string>
-
-namespace base64 {
-
-bool base64_encode(const std::string &input, std::string &output);
-bool base64_decode(const std::string &input, std::string &output);
-} // namespace base64
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diff --git a/src/base64_test.cpp b/src/base64_test.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e21655e..0000000
--- a/src/base64_test.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#include "base64.hpp"
-#include "big_list_of_naughty_strings.hpp"
-#include "gtest/gtest.h"
-
-// Tests that Base64 basic strings work
-TEST(Base64, EncodeBasicString) {
-  std::string output;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("Foo", output));
-}
-
-// Tests the test vectors available in the base64 spec
-TEST(Base64, EncodeRFC4648) {
-  std::string output;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("f", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "Zg==");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("fo", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "Zm8=");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("foo", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "Zm9v");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("foob", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "Zm9vYg==");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("fooba", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "Zm9vYmE=");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode("foobar", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "Zm9vYmFy");
-}
-
-// Tests the test vectors available in the base64 spec
-TEST(Base64, DecodeRFC4648) {
-  std::string output;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode("", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode("Zg==", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "f");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode("Zm8=", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "fo");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode("Zm9v", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "foo");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode("Zm9vYg==", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "foob");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode("Zm9vYmE=", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "fooba");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode("Zm9vYmFy", output));
-  EXPECT_EQ(output, "foobar");
-}
-
-// Tests using pathalogical cases for all escapings
-TEST(Base64, NaugtyStringsEncodeDecode) {
-  std::string base64_string;
-  std::string decoded_string;
-  for (auto& str : naughty_strings) {
-    EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_encode(str, base64_string));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(base64::base64_decode(base64_string, decoded_string));
-    EXPECT_EQ(str, decoded_string);
-  }
-}
-
-// Tests using pathalogical cases for all escapings
-TEST(Base64, NaugtyStringsPathological) {
-  std::string base64_string;
-  std::string decoded_string;
-  for (auto& str : naughty_strings) {
-    base64::base64_decode(str, base64_string);
-  }
-}
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