diff --git a/internal/db/paste.go b/internal/db/paste.go
index 91e3882..c6cc6a2 100644
--- a/internal/db/paste.go
+++ b/internal/db/paste.go
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
-	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	gobmarsh "gitea.hashru.nl/dsprenkels/rushlink/pkg/gobmarsh"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ func ErrHTTPStatusCode(err error) int {
 
 // Base64 encoding and decoding
 var base64Alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
-var base64Encoder = base64.RawURLEncoding.WithPadding(base64.NoPadding)
 
 func (t PasteType) String() string {
 	switch t {
@@ -158,12 +155,6 @@ func GetPasteNoValidate(db *gorm.DB, key string) (*Paste, error) {
 	return &ps[0], nil
 }
 
-func decodePaste(storedBytes []byte) (*Paste, error) {
-	p := &Paste{}
-	err := gobmarsh.Unmarshal(storedBytes, p)
-	return p, err
-}
-
 // Save saves this Paste to the database.
 func (p *Paste) Save(db *gorm.DB) error {
 	return db.Save(p).Error