diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/leaderboards.js b/backend/api/controllers/leaderboards.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a211ee73..000000000
--- a/backend/api/controllers/leaderboards.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-const LeaderboardsDAO = require("../../dao/leaderboards");
-
-class LeaderboardsController {
-  static async get(req, res, next) {
-    try {
-      const { language, mode, mode2 } = req.query;
-      if (!language || !mode || !mode2) {
-        return res.status(400).json({
-          message: "Missing parameters",
-        });
-      }
-      let retval = await LeaderboardsDAO.get(mode, mode2, language);
-      retval.forEach((item) => {
-        delete item.uid;
-      });
-      return res.status(200).json(retval);
-    } catch (e) {
-      return next(e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  static async update(req, res, next) {
-    try {
-      const { language, mode, mode2 } = req.body;
-      if (!language || !mode || !mode2) {
-        return res.status(400).json({
-          message: "Missing parameters",
-        });
-      }
-      let retval = await LeaderboardsDAO.update(mode, mode2, language);
-      return res.status(200).json(retval);
-    } catch (e) {
-      return next(e);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = LeaderboardsController;
diff --git a/backend/api/routes/leaderboards.js b/backend/api/routes/leaderboards.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ea2a9df6b..000000000
--- a/backend/api/routes/leaderboards.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-const { authenticateRequest } = require("../../middlewares/auth");
-const LeaderboardsController = require("../controllers/leaderboards");
-const RateLimit = require("../../middlewares/rate-limit");
-
-const { Router } = require("express");
-
-const router = Router();
-
-router.get(
-  "/",
-  RateLimit.limit1persec,
-  authenticateRequest,
-  LeaderboardsController.get
-);
-
-router.post(
-  "/debug_update",
-  RateLimit.limit1persec,
-  LeaderboardsController.update
-);
-
-module.exports = router;
diff --git a/backend/dao/leaderboards.js b/backend/dao/leaderboards.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 17cde5852..000000000
--- a/backend/dao/leaderboards.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-const MonkeyError = require("../handlers/error");
-const { mongoDB } = require("../init/mongodb");
-const { ObjectID } = require("mongodb");
-
-class LeaderboardsDAO {
-  static async get(mode, mode2, language) {
-    const preset = await mongoDB()
-      .collection(`leaderboards.${language}.${mode}.${mode2}`)
-      .find()
-      .toArray();
-    return preset;
-  }
-
-  static async getRank(mode, mode2, language, uid) {
-    const res = await mongoDB()
-      .collection(`leaderboards.${language}.${mode}.${mode2}`)
-      .findOne({ uid });
-    return res.rank;
-  }
-
-  static async update(mode, mode2, language, uid = undefined) {
-    let str = `lbPersonalBests.${mode}.${mode2}.${language}`;
-    let lb = await mongoDB()
-      .collection("users")
-      .aggregate([
-        {
-          $match: {
-            [str]: {
-              $exists: true,
-            },
-          },
-        },
-        {
-          $set: {
-            [str + ".uid"]: "$uid",
-            [str + ".name"]: "$name",
-          },
-        },
-        {
-          $replaceRoot: {
-            newRoot: "$" + str,
-          },
-        },
-        {
-          $sort: {
-            wpm: -1,
-            acc: -1,
-            timestamp: -1,
-          },
-        },
-      ])
-      .toArray();
-
-    let rerval = undefined;
-    lb.forEach((lbEntry, index) => {
-      lbEntry.rank = index + 1;
-      if (uid && lbEntry.uid === uid) {
-        rerval = index + 1;
-      }
-    });
-
-    try {
-      await mongoDB()
-        .collection(`leaderboards.${language}.${mode}.${mode2}`)
-        .drop();
-    } catch (e) {}
-    await mongoDB()
-      .collection(`leaderboards.${language}.${mode}.${mode2}`)
-      .insertMany(lb);
-
-    if (rerval) {
-      return {
-        message: "Successfully updated leaderboard",
-        rank: retval,
-      };
-    } else {
-      return {
-        message: "Successfully updated leaderboard",
-      };
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = LeaderboardsDAO;