diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/gifs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/gifs_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c797a0..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/gifs_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-class Api::V1::GifsController < Api::BaseController
-  before_action :require_user!
-
-  respond_to :json
-
-  skip_before_action :set_cache_headers
-
-  def categories
-    uri = URI('https://api.tenor.com/v1/categories')
-    theOptions = { :key => "TENOR_KEY" }
-    uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(theOptions)
-
-    res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
-    render json: res.body if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-  end
-
-  def search
-    uri = URI('https://api.tenor.com/v1/search')
-    theOptions = {
-      :key => "TENOR_KEY",
-      :media_filter => "minimal",
-      :limit => 30,
-      :q => params[:search],
-      :pos => params[:next] || 0
-    }
-    uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(theOptions)
-
-    res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
-    render json: res.body if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index c9a34830..4bc06283 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -347,11 +347,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
       resources :trends, only: [:index]
       resources :group_categories, only: [:index]
 
-      namespace :gifs do
-        get :categories
-        get :search
-      end
-
       resources :conversations, only: [:index, :destroy] do
         member do
           post :read