diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f58ef36..6ed4ee7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -144,43 +144,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bindgen"
-version = "0.59.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "453c49e5950bb0eb63bb3df640e31618846c89d5b7faa54040d76e98e0134375"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cexpr",
- "clang-sys",
- "lazy_static",
- "lazycell",
- "peeking_take_while",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bitvec"
-version = "0.19.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8942c8d352ae1838c9dda0b0ca2ab657696ef2232a20147cf1b30ae1a9cb4321"
-dependencies = [
- "funty",
- "radium",
- "tap",
- "wyz",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "blake2b_simd"
 version = "0.5.11"
@@ -234,15 +203,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cexpr"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db507a7679252d2276ed0dd8113c6875ec56d3089f9225b2b42c30cc1f8e5c89"
-dependencies = [
- "nom",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -268,17 +228,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clang-sys"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "853eda514c284c2287f4bf20ae614f8781f40a81d32ecda6e91449304dfe077c"
-dependencies = [
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libloading",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "color_quant"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -308,7 +257,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "ring",
  "rocket",
- "rocksdb",
  "ruma",
  "rusqlite",
  "rust-argon2",
@@ -725,12 +673,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "funty"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fed34cd105917e91daa4da6b3728c47b068749d6a62c59811f06ed2ac71d9da7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.16"
@@ -1243,40 +1185,12 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazycell"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.98"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "320cfe77175da3a483efed4bc0adc1968ca050b098ce4f2f1c13a56626128790"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libloading"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f84d96438c15fcd6c3f244c8fce01d1e2b9c6b5623e9c711dc9286d8fc92d6a"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "winapi",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "librocksdb-sys"
-version = "6.20.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c309a9d2470844aceb9a4a098cf5286154d20596868b75a6b36357d2bb9ca25d"
-dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
- "cc",
- "glob",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.22.2"
@@ -1445,18 +1359,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nom"
-version = "6.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e7413f999671bd4745a7b624bd370a569fb6bc574b23c83a3c5ed2e453f3d5e2"
-dependencies = [
- "bitvec",
- "funty",
- "memchr",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ntapi"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -1649,12 +1551,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "peeking_take_while"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pem"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -1817,12 +1713,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "radium"
-version = "0.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "941ba9d78d8e2f7ce474c015eea4d9c6d25b6a3327f9832ee29a4de27f91bbb8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -2122,16 +2012,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "uncased",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rocksdb"
-version = "0.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c749134fda8bfc90d0de643d59bfc841dcb3ac8a1062e12b6754bd60235c48b3"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "librocksdb-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2415,12 +2295,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils 0.8.5",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -2647,12 +2521,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42a568c8f2cd051a4d283bd6eb0343ac214c1b0f1ac19f93e1175b2dee38c73d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -2864,12 +2732,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tap"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.2.0"
@@ -3540,12 +3402,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wyz"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85e60b0d1b5f99db2556934e21937020776a5d31520bf169e851ac44e6420214"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "yaml-rust"
 version = "0.4.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19ce6b10..3d18bfb7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ ruma = { git = "https://github.com/timokoesters/ruma", rev = "a2d93500e1dbc87e70
 tokio = "1.8.2"
 # Used for storing data permanently
 sled = { version = "0.34.6", features = ["compression", "no_metrics"], optional = true }
-rocksdb = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["multi-threaded-cf"], optional = true }
 #sled = { git = "https://github.com/spacejam/sled.git", rev = "e4640e0773595229f398438886f19bca6f7326a2", features = ["compression"] }
 
 # Used for the http request / response body type for Ruma endpoints used with reqwest
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ heed = { git = "https://github.com/timokoesters/heed.git", rev = "f6f825da7fb2c7
 [features]
 default = ["conduit_bin", "backend_sqlite"]
 backend_sled = ["sled"]
-backend_rocksdb = ["rocksdb"]
 backend_sqlite = ["sqlite"]
 backend_heed = ["heed", "crossbeam"]
 sqlite = ["rusqlite", "parking_lot", "crossbeam", "tokio/signal"]
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 2e7e60cb..4b7c7fe8 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ fn default_log() -> String {
 #[cfg(feature = "sled")]
 pub type Engine = abstraction::sled::Engine;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-pub type Engine = abstraction::rocksdb::Engine;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]
 pub type Engine = abstraction::sqlite::Engine;
 
@@ -426,7 +423,8 @@ impl Database {
                 println!("Migration: 4 -> 5 finished");
             }
 
-            if db.globals.database_version()? < 9 { // TODO update to 6
+            if db.globals.database_version()? < 6 {
+                // TODO update to 6
                 // Set room member count
                 for (roomid, _) in db.rooms.roomid_shortstatehash.iter() {
                     let room_id =
diff --git a/src/database/abstraction.rs b/src/database/abstraction.rs
index 465bb10a..f381ce9f 100644
--- a/src/database/abstraction.rs
+++ b/src/database/abstraction.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ use crate::Result;
 
 use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin, sync::Arc};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-pub mod rocksdb;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "sled")]
 pub mod sled;
 
diff --git a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs b/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4699b2d5..00000000
--- a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-use super::super::Config;
-use crate::{utils, Result};
-
-use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin, sync::Arc};
-
-use super::{DatabaseEngine, Tree};
-
-use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::RwLock};
-
-pub struct Engine(rocksdb::DBWithThreadMode<rocksdb::MultiThreaded>);
-
-pub struct RocksDbEngineTree<'a> {
-    db: Arc<Engine>,
-    name: &'a str,
-    watchers: RwLock<HashMap<Vec<u8>, Vec<tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender<()>>>>,
-}
-
-impl DatabaseEngine for Engine {
-    fn open(config: &Config) -> Result<Arc<Self>> {
-        let mut db_opts = rocksdb::Options::default();
-        db_opts.create_if_missing(true);
-        db_opts.set_max_open_files(16);
-        db_opts.set_compaction_style(rocksdb::DBCompactionStyle::Level);
-        db_opts.set_compression_type(rocksdb::DBCompressionType::Snappy);
-        db_opts.set_target_file_size_base(256 << 20);
-        db_opts.set_write_buffer_size(256 << 20);
-
-        let mut block_based_options = rocksdb::BlockBasedOptions::default();
-        block_based_options.set_block_size(512 << 10);
-        db_opts.set_block_based_table_factory(&block_based_options);
-
-        let cfs = rocksdb::DBWithThreadMode::<rocksdb::MultiThreaded>::list_cf(
-            &db_opts,
-            &config.database_path,
-        )
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-
-        let mut options = rocksdb::Options::default();
-        options.set_merge_operator_associative("increment", utils::increment_rocksdb);
-
-        let db = rocksdb::DBWithThreadMode::<rocksdb::MultiThreaded>::open_cf_descriptors(
-            &db_opts,
-            &config.database_path,
-            cfs.iter()
-                .map(|name| rocksdb::ColumnFamilyDescriptor::new(name, options.clone())),
-        )?;
-
-        Ok(Arc::new(Engine(db)))
-    }
-
-    fn open_tree(self: &Arc<Self>, name: &'static str) -> Result<Arc<dyn Tree>> {
-        let mut options = rocksdb::Options::default();
-        options.set_merge_operator_associative("increment", utils::increment_rocksdb);
-
-        // Create if it doesn't exist
-        let _ = self.0.create_cf(name, &options);
-
-        Ok(Arc::new(RocksDbEngineTree {
-            name,
-            db: Arc::clone(self),
-            watchers: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
-        }))
-    }
-}
-
-impl RocksDbEngineTree<'_> {
-    fn cf(&self) -> rocksdb::BoundColumnFamily<'_> {
-        self.db.0.cf_handle(self.name).unwrap()
-    }
-}
-
-impl Tree for RocksDbEngineTree<'_> {
-    fn get(&self, key: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
-        Ok(self.db.0.get_cf(self.cf(), key)?)
-    }
-
-    fn insert(&self, key: &[u8], value: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
-        let watchers = self.watchers.read().unwrap();
-        let mut triggered = Vec::new();
-
-        for length in 0..=key.len() {
-            if watchers.contains_key(&key[..length]) {
-                triggered.push(&key[..length]);
-            }
-        }
-
-        drop(watchers);
-
-        if !triggered.is_empty() {
-            let mut watchers = self.watchers.write().unwrap();
-            for prefix in triggered {
-                if let Some(txs) = watchers.remove(prefix) {
-                    for tx in txs {
-                        let _ = tx.send(());
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(self.db.0.put_cf(self.cf(), key, value)?)
-    }
-
-    fn remove(&self, key: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
-        Ok(self.db.0.delete_cf(self.cf(), key)?)
-    }
-
-    fn iter<'a>(&'a self) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> + Send + Sync + 'a> {
-        Box::new(
-            self.db
-                .0
-                .iterator_cf(self.cf(), rocksdb::IteratorMode::Start),
-        )
-    }
-
-    fn iter_from<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        from: &[u8],
-        backwards: bool,
-    ) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> + 'a> {
-        Box::new(self.db.0.iterator_cf(
-            self.cf(),
-            rocksdb::IteratorMode::From(
-                from,
-                if backwards {
-                    rocksdb::Direction::Reverse
-                } else {
-                    rocksdb::Direction::Forward
-                },
-            ),
-        ))
-    }
-
-    fn increment(&self, key: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-        let stats = rocksdb::perf::get_memory_usage_stats(Some(&[&self.db.0]), None).unwrap();
-        dbg!(stats.mem_table_total);
-        dbg!(stats.mem_table_unflushed);
-        dbg!(stats.mem_table_readers_total);
-        dbg!(stats.cache_total);
-        // TODO: atomic?
-        let old = self.get(key)?;
-        let new = utils::increment(old.as_deref()).unwrap();
-        self.insert(key, &new)?;
-        Ok(new)
-    }
-
-    fn scan_prefix<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        prefix: Vec<u8>,
-    ) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> + Send + 'a> {
-        Box::new(
-            self.db
-                .0
-                .iterator_cf(
-                    self.cf(),
-                    rocksdb::IteratorMode::From(&prefix, rocksdb::Direction::Forward),
-                )
-                .take_while(move |(k, _)| k.starts_with(&prefix)),
-        )
-    }
-
-    fn watch_prefix<'a>(&'a self, prefix: &[u8]) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'a>> {
-        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
-
-        self.watchers
-            .write()
-            .unwrap()
-            .entry(prefix.to_vec())
-            .or_default()
-            .push(tx);
-
-        Box::pin(async move {
-            // Tx is never destroyed
-            rx.await.unwrap();
-        })
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 24e52ecc..1ecef3aa 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ pub enum Error {
         #[from]
         source: sled::Error,
     },
-    #[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-    #[error("There was a problem with the connection to the rocksdb database: {source}")]
-    RocksDbError {
-        #[from]
-        source: rocksdb::Error,
-    },
     #[cfg(feature = "sqlite")]
     #[error("There was a problem with the connection to the sqlite database: {source}")]
     SqliteError {
diff --git a/src/server_server.rs b/src/server_server.rs
index 4255f122..45d90226 100644
--- a/src/server_server.rs
+++ b/src/server_server.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{
     client_server::{self, claim_keys_helper, get_keys_helper},
-    database::{DatabaseGuard},
+    database::DatabaseGuard,
     utils, ConduitResult, Database, Error, PduEvent, Result, Ruma,
 };
 use get_profile_information::v1::ProfileField;
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 60a4e0cf..d21395e1 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ pub fn millis_since_unix_epoch() -> u64 {
         .as_millis() as u64
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "rocksdb")]
-pub fn increment_rocksdb(
-    _new_key: &[u8],
-    old: Option<&[u8]>,
-    _operands: &mut rocksdb::MergeOperands,
-) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
-    increment(old)
-}
-
 pub fn increment(old: Option<&[u8]>) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     let number = match old.map(|bytes| bytes.try_into()) {
         Some(Ok(bytes)) => {