diff --git a/pkg/httpx/basic.go b/pkg/httpx/basic.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 65d5404..0000000
--- a/pkg/httpx/basic.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package httpx
-
-import "net/http"
-
-var basicUnauthorized = []byte("Unauthorized")
-
-// BasicAuth returns a new [http.Handler] that requires any credentials to pass the check function
-func BasicAuth(handler http.Handler, realm string, check func(username, password string) bool) http.Handler {
-	var authenticateHeader = `Basic realm="` + realm + `"`
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		// if the basic authentication passes
-		// we can just use the handler!
-		user, pass, ok := r.BasicAuth()
-		if ok && check(user, pass) {
-			handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-			return
-		}
-
-		// http authentication did not pass
-		w.Header().Add("WWW-Authenticate", authenticateHeader)
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
-		w.Write(basicUnauthorized)
-	})
-}