diff --git a/src/client.js b/src/client.js
index f058fbb..0e91785 100644
--- a/src/client.js
+++ b/src/client.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const { join } = require('path');
 const YAML = require('yaml');
 const TicketManager = require('./lib/tickets/manager');
-const encryptionMiddleware = require('./lib/middleware/prisma-encryption');
 const sqliteMiddleware = require('./lib/middleware/prisma-sqlite');
 
 module.exports = class Client extends FrameworkClient {
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ module.exports = class Client extends FrameworkClient {
 	async login(token) {
 		/** @type {PrismaClient} */
 		this.prisma = new PrismaClient();
-		this.prisma.$use(encryptionMiddleware);
 		if (process.env.DB_PROVIDER === 'sqlite') this.prisma.$use(sqliteMiddleware);
 		this.keyv = new Keyv();
 		return super.login(token);
diff --git a/src/lib/middleware/prisma-encryption.js b/src/lib/middleware/prisma-encryption.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 87836e4..0000000
--- a/src/lib/middleware/prisma-encryption.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-const Cryptr = require('cryptr');
-const cryptr = new Cryptr(process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY);
-const encryptedFields = [
-	// 'name',
-	'content',
-	'username',
-	'displayName',
-	// 'channelName',
-	// 'openingMessage',
-	// 'description',
-	'value',
-	// 'placeholder',
-	'closedReason',
-	'topic',
-	'comment',
-	// 'label',
-	// 'regex',
-];
-
-const traverse = (obj, action) => {
-	for (const prop in obj) {
-		if (encryptedFields.includes(prop) && typeof obj[prop] === 'string' && obj[prop].length !== 0) {
-			try {
-				// prevent double encryption bug (from nested writes - notably upserting questions in category update).
-				// not sure why it happens
-				if (action === 'ENCRYPT' && cryptr.decrypt(obj[prop])) continue; // don't encrypt if it already encrypted
-				else obj[prop] = cryptr[action.toLowerCase()](obj[prop]);
-			} catch {
-				// do nothing
-			}
-		} else if (typeof obj[prop] === 'object') {
-			obj[prop] = traverse(obj[prop], action);
-		}
-	}
-	return obj;
-};
-
-module.exports = async (params, next) => {
-	if (params.args.create) params.args.create = traverse(params.args.create, 'ENCRYPT');
-	if (params.args.data) params.args.data = traverse(params.args.data, 'ENCRYPT');
-	if (params.args.update) params.args.update = traverse(params.args.update, 'ENCRYPT');
-	let result = await next(params);
-	if (result) result = traverse(result, 'DECRYPT');
-	return result;
-};
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