diff --git a/src/Utils/index.ts b/src/Utils/index.ts
index 3aa06bb..e671ddd 100644
--- a/src/Utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export * from './chat-utils'
 export * from './lt-hash'
 export * from './auth-utils'
 export * from './baileys-event-stream'
-export * from './use-single-file-auth-state'
 export * from './use-multi-file-auth-state'
 export * from './link-preview'
 export * from './event-buffer'
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diff --git a/src/Utils/use-single-file-auth-state.ts b/src/Utils/use-single-file-auth-state.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ec2b48..0000000
--- a/src/Utils/use-single-file-auth-state.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-import type { Logger } from 'pino'
-import { proto } from '../../WAProto'
-import type { AuthenticationCreds, AuthenticationState, SignalDataTypeMap } from '../Types'
-import { initAuthCreds } from './auth-utils'
-import { BufferJSON } from './generics'
-
-// useless key map only there to maintain backwards compatibility
-// do not use in your own systems please
-const KEY_MAP: { [T in keyof SignalDataTypeMap]: string } = {
-	'pre-key': 'preKeys',
-	'session': 'sessions',
-	'sender-key': 'senderKeys',
-	'app-state-sync-key': 'appStateSyncKeys',
-	'app-state-sync-version': 'appStateVersions',
-	'sender-key-memory': 'senderKeyMemory'
-}
-/**
- * @deprecated use multi file auth state instead please
- * stores the full authentication state in a single JSON file
- *
- * DO NOT USE IN A PROD ENVIRONMENT, only meant to serve as an example
- * */
-export const useSingleFileAuthState = (filename: string, logger?: Logger): { state: AuthenticationState, saveState: () => void } => {
-	// require fs here so that in case "fs" is not available -- the app does not crash
-	const { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } = require('fs')
-	let creds: AuthenticationCreds
-	let keys: any = { }
-
-	// save the authentication state to a file
-	const saveState = () => {
-		logger && logger.trace('saving auth state')
-		writeFileSync(
-			filename,
-			// BufferJSON replacer utility saves buffers nicely
-			JSON.stringify({ creds, keys }, BufferJSON.replacer, 2)
-		)
-	}
-
-	if(existsSync(filename)) {
-		const result = JSON.parse(
-			readFileSync(filename, { encoding: 'utf-8' }),
-			BufferJSON.reviver
-		)
-		creds = result.creds
-		keys = result.keys
-	} else {
-		creds = initAuthCreds()
-		keys = { }
-	}
-
-	return {
-		state: {
-			creds,
-			keys: {
-				get: (type, ids) => {
-					const key = KEY_MAP[type]
-					return ids.reduce(
-						(dict, id) => {
-							let value = keys[key]?.[id]
-							if(value) {
-								if(type === 'app-state-sync-key') {
-									value = proto.Message.AppStateSyncKeyData.fromObject(value)
-								}
-
-								dict[id] = value
-							}
-
-							return dict
-						}, { }
-					)
-				},
-				set: (data) => {
-					for(const _key in data) {
-						const key = KEY_MAP[_key as keyof SignalDataTypeMap]
-						keys[key] = keys[key] || { }
-						Object.assign(keys[key], data[_key])
-					}
-
-					saveState()
-				}
-			}
-		},
-		saveState
-	}
-}
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