diff --git a/hbs2-peer/app/BlockHttpDownload.hs b/hbs2-peer/app/BlockHttpDownload.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index a0deff83..00000000
--- a/hbs2-peer/app/BlockHttpDownload.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
-{-# Language UndecidableInstances #-}
-{-# Language MultiWayIf #-}
-module BlockHttpDownload where
-
-import HBS2.Actors.Peer
-import HBS2.Clock
-import HBS2.Data.Detect
-import HBS2.Data.Types.Refs
-import HBS2.Data.Types.SignedBox
-import HBS2.Defaults
-import HBS2.Events
-import HBS2.Hash
-import HBS2.Merkle
-import HBS2.Net.IP.Addr
-import HBS2.Net.Messaging.TCP
-import HBS2.Net.PeerLocator
-import HBS2.Net.Proto
-import HBS2.Net.Proto.Definition
-import HBS2.Net.Proto.Peer
-import HBS2.Net.Proto.PeerMeta
-import HBS2.Net.Proto.RefLog
-import HBS2.Net.Proto.Sessions
-import HBS2.Prelude
-import HBS2.Prelude.Plated
-import HBS2.Storage
-import HBS2.System.Logger.Simple
-
-import PeerTypes
-import PeerInfo
-import BlockDownload
-import Brains
-
-import Control.Concurrent.Async
-import Control.Concurrent.STM
-import Control.Monad.Reader
-import Control.Monad.Trans.Maybe
-import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
-import Data.ByteString.Lazy qualified as LBS
-import Data.Cache qualified as Cache
-import Data.Foldable hiding (find)
-import Data.HashMap.Strict qualified as HashMap
-import Data.IntMap (IntMap)
-import Data.IntMap qualified as IntMap
-import Data.IntSet qualified as IntSet
-import Data.List qualified as List
-import Data.Maybe
-import Data.Text qualified as Text
-import Data.Text.Encoding qualified as TE
-import Data.Word
-import Lens.Micro.Platform
-import Network.HTTP.Simple (getResponseBody, httpLbs, parseRequest, getResponseStatus)
-import Network.HTTP.Types.Status
-import Network.Socket
-import Streaming (Stream, Of)
-import Streaming.Prelude qualified as S
-import System.Random (randomRIO)
-import System.Random.Shuffle (shuffleM)
-import Text.InterpolatedString.Perl6 (qc)
-import UnliftIO.Exception
-
-blockHttpDownloadLoop :: forall e  m .
-    ( m ~ PeerM e IO
-    , MonadIO m
-    , HasProtocol e (BlockInfo e)
-    , Sessions e (KnownPeer e) m
-    , PeerSessionKey e (PeerInfo e)
-    , Pretty (Peer e)
-    , IsPeerAddr e m
-    , ForSignedBox e
-    )
-    => DownloadEnv e -> m ()
-blockHttpDownloadLoop denv = do
-
-    e <- ask
-
-    pl <- getPeerLocator @e
-
-    pause @'Seconds 3.81
-
-    debug "I'm blockHttpDownloadLoop"
-
----
-
-    let streamPeers :: Stream (Of (Peer e, PeerInfo e)) m ()
-        streamPeers = flip fix [] \goPeers -> \case
-            [] -> do
-                pause @'Seconds 1.44
-                ps <- knownPeers @e pl
-                when (null ps) do
-                    trace $ "No peers to use for http download"
-                    pause @'Seconds 4
-                goPeers ps
-            peer:ps -> do
-                authorized <- lift $ find (KnownPeerKey peer) id <&> isJust
-                pinfo <- lift $ find (PeerInfoKey peer) id <&> isJust
-                when (authorized && pinfo) do
-                      npi <- lift newPeerInfo
-                      pinfo <- lift $ fetch True npi (PeerInfoKey peer) id
-                      S.yield (peer, pinfo)
-                goPeers ps
-
-    let streamPeerAddrs = S.catMaybes $ streamPeers & S.mapM \(peer, pinfo) ->
-            (fmap (peer, pinfo, ) . join . eitherToMaybe) <$> do
-                r <- liftIO $ readTVarIO (_peerHttpApiAddress pinfo)
-                -- debug $ "streamPeerAddrs" <+> pretty peer <+> viaShow (viaShow <$> r)
-                pure r
-
-    let streamBlockHs = S.catMaybes $ streamPeerAddrs & S.mapM \(peer, pinfo, apiAddr) -> do
-            -- inq <- liftIO $ readTVarIO (_blockInQ denv)
-            -- TODO: change to only use blockInQ
-            -- do we need analog of getBlockForDownload ?
-            mbh <- withDownload denv $ getBlockForDownload peer
-            -- debug $ "streamBlockHs" <+> pretty peer <+> pretty apiAddr <+> viaShow (pretty <$> mbh)
-            pure $ (peer, pinfo, apiAddr, ) <$> mbh
-
-    streamBlockHs & S.mapM_ \(peer, pinfo, apiAddr, h) -> do
-
-        trace $ "Querying via http from" <+> pretty (peer, apiAddr) <+> "block" <+> pretty h
-        r <- liftIO $ race ( pause defBlockWaitMax )
-          $ do
-              req  <- liftIO $ parseRequest [qc|http://{apiAddr}/cat/{pretty h}|]
-              resp <- httpLbs req
-
-              case statusCode (getResponseStatus resp) of
-                200 -> pure $ Just (getResponseBody resp)
-                _   -> pure Nothing
-
-        case r of
-          Right (Just block) -> do
-              trace $ "SUCCESS" <+> pretty peer <+> "http-download block" <+> pretty h
-              liftIO $ atomically $ modifyTVar (_peerHttpDownloaded pinfo) (+1)
-              sto <- getStorage
-              liftIO $ putBlock sto block
-              withDownload denv $ processBlock h
-          _ -> do
-              trace $ "FAIL" <+> pretty peer <+> "download block" <+> pretty h
-              withDownload denv $ failedDownload peer h
diff --git a/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs b/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs
index 935cc01f..793c4f47 100644
--- a/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs
+++ b/hbs2-peer/app/PeerMain.hs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import HBS2.System.Logger.Simple hiding (info)
 import Brains
 import PeerTypes
 import BlockDownload
-import BlockHttpDownload
 import CheckBlockAnnounce (checkBlockAnnounce)
 import CheckPeer (peerBanned)
 import DownloadQ
@@ -966,11 +965,6 @@ runPeer opts = U.handle (\e -> myException e
 
                 peerThread "fillPeerMeta" (fillPeerMeta tcp tcpProbeWait)
 
-                -- FIXME: clumsy-code
-                -- Is it better now ?
-                when useHttpDownload do
-                  peerThread "blockHttpDownloadLoop" (blockHttpDownloadLoop denv)
-
                 peerThread "postponedLoop" (postponedLoop denv)
 
 
diff --git a/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal b/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal
index 1deed13e..6afa7e3f 100644
--- a/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal
+++ b/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal
@@ -154,13 +154,11 @@ executable hbs2-peer
 
     other-modules:
                       BlockDownload
-                    , BlockHttpDownload
                     , DownloadQ
                     , DownloadMon
                     , EncryptionKeys
                     , Bootstrap
                     , PeerInfo
-                    -- , PeerMain.DialogCliCommand
                     , PeerMain.Dialog.Server
                     , PeerMain.Dialog.Spec
                     , PeerMeta