diff --git a/discovery/dnsdumpster.py b/discovery/dnsdumpster.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 08bcdeb9..00000000
--- a/discovery/dnsdumpster.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-from theHarvester.discovery.constants import MissingKey
-from theHarvester.lib.core import AsyncFetcher, Core
-
-
-class SearchDnsDumpster:
-    def __init__(self, word: str) -> None:
-        """
-        Initialize the SearchDnsDumpster class with the target domain and initialize the necessary attributes.
-        """
-        self.word: str = word
-        self.key: str | None = Core.dnsdumpster_key()
-        if not self.key:
-            raise MissingKey('dnsdumpster')
-        self.total_results: list[dict] = []
-        self.proxy: bool = False
-
-    async def do_search(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Perform an asynchronous search for DNS information using the DNSDumpster API.
-        """
-        url = f'https://api.dnsdumpster.com/domain/{self.word}'  # Construct the API endpoint
-        headers = {"X-API-Key": self.key}  # Define the necessary headers
-
-        try:
-            # Use AsyncFetcher to fetch data from the API
-            responses = await AsyncFetcher.fetch_all([url], headers=headers, proxy=self.proxy)
-
-            # Check if responses contain any data
-            if not responses or len(responses) == 0:
-                print('Error: No responses received from the DNSDumpster API')
-                return
-
-            # Extract the first response (note: fetch_all always returns a list)
-            response = responses[0]
-
-            # Validate the response and extract data
-            if isinstance(response, dict) and response.get('status') == 200:
-                self.total_results = response.get('a', [])  # Access the 'a' (hostnames) part of the response
-            else:
-                print(
-                    f"Error: Received invalid response or status code: {response.get('status') if isinstance(response, dict) else 'Unknown'}")
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f'An exception occurred in DNSDumpster: {e}')
-
-    async def get_hostnames(self) -> list[str]:
-        """
-        Extract hostnames from the search results.
-        """
-        if not self.total_results:
-            return []
-
-        # Extract hostnames from DNS results
-        return [entry.get('host', '') for entry in self.total_results if 'host' in entry]
-
-    async def process(self, proxy: bool = False) -> None:
-        """
-        Start the search process.
-        :param proxy: Enable or disable proxy usage.
-        """
-        self.proxy = proxy
-        await self.do_search()