diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index 00f840e63f..d894914214 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
    [app.storage.gc-deleted :as-alias sto.gc-deleted]
    [app.storage.gc-touched :as-alias sto.gc-touched]
    [app.storage.s3 :as-alias sto.s3]
-   [app.svgo :as-alias svgo]
    [app.util.cron]
    [app.worker :as-alias wrk]
    [app.worker.executor]
diff --git a/backend/src/app/svgo.clj b/backend/src/app/svgo.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c30239f9a..0000000000
--- a/backend/src/app/svgo.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-;;
-;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC Sucursal en España SL
-
-(ns app.svgo
-  "A SVG Optimizer service"
-  (:require
-   [app.common.logging :as l]
-   [app.util.shell :as shell]
-   [datoteka.fs :as fs]
-   [promesa.exec.semaphore :as ps]))
-
-(def ^:dynamic *semaphore*
-  "A dynamic variable that can optionally contain a traffic light to
-  appropriately delimit the use of resources, managed externally."
-  nil)
-
-(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
-
-(defn optimize
-  [system data]
-  (try
-    (some-> *semaphore* ps/acquire!)
-    (let [script (fs/join fs/*cwd* "scripts/svgo-cli.js")
-          cmd    ["node" (str script)]
-          result (shell/exec! system
-                              :cmd cmd
-                              :in data)]
-      (if (= (:exit result) 0)
-        (:out result)
-        (do
-          (l/raw! :warn (str "Error on optimizing svg, returning svg as-is." (:err result)))
-          data)))
-
-    (finally
-      (some-> *semaphore* ps/release!))))