diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/matrix/TEESimulator/interception/keystore/shim/GeneratedKeyPersistence.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/matrix/TEESimulator/interception/keystore/shim/GeneratedKeyPersistence.kt
index 3f2e76e..af5fbae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/matrix/TEESimulator/interception/keystore/shim/GeneratedKeyPersistence.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/matrix/TEESimulator/interception/keystore/shim/GeneratedKeyPersistence.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock
 import org.matrix.TEESimulator.config.ConfigurationManager.CONFIG_PATH
 import org.matrix.TEESimulator.interception.keystore.KeyIdentifier
 import org.matrix.TEESimulator.logging.SystemLogger
-import org.matrix.TEESimulator.pki.CertificateHelper
+
 
 data class PersistedKeyData(
     val uid: Int,
@@ -250,77 +250,6 @@ object GeneratedKeyPersistence {
         return result
     }
 
-    // Re-persist updates the cert chain for an already-persisted key without
-    // reconstructing authorization parameters from the response. This avoids
-    // pulling keymint Tag dependencies into this file and is correct because
-    // the only field that changes post-generation is the patched cert chain.
-    fun rePersistIfNeeded(
-        callingUid: Int,
-        generatedKeyInfo: KeyMintSecurityLevelInterceptor.GeneratedKeyInfo,
-    ) {
-        val metadata = generatedKeyInfo.response.metadata
-        if (metadata == null) {
-            SystemLogger.debug("rePersist: no metadata, skipping")
-            return
-        }
-        val secLevel = metadata.keySecurityLevel
-
-        val entry = KeyMintSecurityLevelInterceptor.generatedKeys.entries.find { (id, info) ->
-            id.uid == callingUid && info.nspace == generatedKeyInfo.nspace
-        }
-        if (entry == null) {
-            SystemLogger.debug("rePersist: key not found in map for uid=$callingUid nspace=${generatedKeyInfo.nspace}")
-            return
-        }
-
-        val keyId = entry.key
-        val filename = keyFileName(keyId.uid, keyId.alias)
-        val existing = File(PERSISTENCE_DIR, filename)
-
-        if (!existing.exists()) {
-            SystemLogger.debug("rePersist: no existing file for $keyId, skipping")
-            return
-        }
-
-        val newChain = CertificateHelper.getCertificateChain(metadata)
-        if (newChain == null) {
-            SystemLogger.warning("rePersist: could not extract cert chain for $keyId")
-            return
-        }
-
-        val persisted = runCatching {
-            DataInputStream(BufferedInputStream(FileInputStream(existing))).use { input ->
-                val version = input.readInt()
-                if (version != FORMAT_VERSION) {
-                    SystemLogger.warning("rePersist: unknown format version $version for $keyId")
-                    return
-                }
-                readPersistedKeyData(input)
-            }
-        }.getOrNull()
-        if (persisted == null) {
-            SystemLogger.warning("rePersist: failed to read existing data for $keyId")
-            return
-        }
-
-        val keyPair = generatedKeyInfo.keyPair ?: return
-        save(
-            keyId = keyId,
-            keyPair = keyPair,
-            nspace = generatedKeyInfo.nspace,
-            securityLevel = secLevel,
-            certChain = newChain.toList(),
-            algorithm = persisted.algorithm,
-            keySize = persisted.keySize,
-            ecCurve = persisted.ecCurve,
-            purposes = persisted.purposes,
-            digests = persisted.digests,
-            isAttestationKey = persisted.isAttestationKey,
-        )
-        SystemLogger.debug("Re-persisted key $keyId with updated cert chain")
-    }
-
-    // Corrupted binary files can have arbitrary length fields — cap allocations
     private fun requireBounds(value: Int, max: Int, name: String): Int {
         require(value in 0..max) { "$name out of bounds: $value (max $max)" }
         return value
@@ -331,49 +260,4 @@ object GeneratedKeyPersistence {
             .digest("$uid:$alias".toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8))
         return digest.joinToString("") { "%02x".format(it) } + ".bin"
     }
-
-    // Reads all fields after version has already been consumed
-    private fun readPersistedKeyData(input: DataInputStream): PersistedKeyData {
-        val secLevel = input.readInt()
-        val uid = input.readInt()
-        val alias = input.readUTF()
-        val nspace = input.readLong()
-        val isAttestKey = input.readBoolean()
-        val algo = input.readInt()
-        val kSize = input.readInt()
-        val curve = input.readInt()
-
-        val purposeCount = requireBounds(input.readInt(), 64, "purposeCount")
-        val purposes = (0 until purposeCount).map { input.readInt() }
-
-        val digestCount = requireBounds(input.readInt(), 64, "digestCount")
-        val digests = (0 until digestCount).map { input.readInt() }
-
-        val pkLen = requireBounds(input.readInt(), 8192, "pkLen")
-        val pkBytes = ByteArray(pkLen)
-        input.readFully(pkBytes)
-
-        val certCount = requireBounds(input.readInt(), 10, "certCount")
-        val certChainBytes = (0 until certCount).map {
-            val certLen = requireBounds(input.readInt(), 65536, "certLen")
-            val certBytes = ByteArray(certLen)
-            input.readFully(certBytes)
-            certBytes
-        }
-
-        return PersistedKeyData(
-            uid = uid,
-            alias = alias,
-            nspace = nspace,
-            securityLevel = secLevel,
-            isAttestationKey = isAttestKey,
-            algorithm = algo,
-            keySize = kSize,
-            ecCurve = curve,
-            purposes = purposes,
-            digests = digests,
-            privateKeyBytes = pkBytes,
-            certChainBytes = certChainBytes,
-        )
-    }
 }