diff --git a/packages/jwk-webcrypto/package.json b/packages/jwk-webcrypto/package.json
index b91abd7046d..99160716113 100644
--- a/packages/jwk-webcrypto/package.json
+++ b/packages/jwk-webcrypto/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "build": "tsc --build tsconfig.build.json"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@atproto/indexed-db": "workspace:*",
     "@atproto/jwk": "workspace:*",
     "@atproto/jwk-jose": "workspace:*"
   },
diff --git a/packages/jwk-webcrypto/src/db.ts b/packages/jwk-webcrypto/src/db.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a59e6315b7..00000000000
--- a/packages/jwk-webcrypto/src/db.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { DB } from '@atproto/indexed-db'
-import { fromSubtleAlgorithm, generateKeypair } from './util.js'
-
-const INDEXED_DB_NAME = '@@jwk-webcrypto'
-
-export async function loadCryptoKeyPair(
-  kid: string,
-  algs: string[],
-  extractable = false,
-): Promise<CryptoKeyPair> {
-  type Schema = {
-    'oauth-keypair': CryptoKeyPair
-  }
-
-  const migrations = [
-    (db: IDBDatabase) => {
-      db.createObjectStore('oauth-keypair')
-    },
-  ]
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line
-  await using db = await DB.open<Schema>(INDEXED_DB_NAME, migrations)
-
-  const current = await db.transaction(['oauth-keypair'], 'readonly', (tx) =>
-    tx.objectStore('oauth-keypair').get(kid),
-  )
-
-  try {
-    const alg = fromSubtleAlgorithm(current.privateKey.algorithm)
-    if (algs.includes(alg) && current.privateKey.extractable === extractable) {
-      return current
-    } else if (current) {
-      throw new Error('Store contained invalid keypair')
-    }
-  } catch {
-    await db.transaction(['oauth-keypair'], 'readwrite', (tx) =>
-      tx.objectStore('oauth-keypair').delete(kid),
-    )
-  }
-
-  return generateKeypair(algs, extractable)
-}
diff --git a/packages/jwk-webcrypto/src/webcrypto-key.ts b/packages/jwk-webcrypto/src/webcrypto-key.ts
index 9731050737e..0b701d24cf2 100644
--- a/packages/jwk-webcrypto/src/webcrypto-key.ts
+++ b/packages/jwk-webcrypto/src/webcrypto-key.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Jwk, jwkSchema } from '@atproto/jwk'
 import { JoseKey } from '@atproto/jwk-jose'
-// XXX TODO: remove "./db.ts" file
-// import { loadCryptoKeyPair } from './db.js'
+
 import {
   generateKeypair,
   fromSubtleAlgorithm,
@@ -9,14 +8,9 @@ import {
 } from './util.js'
 
 export class WebcryptoKey extends JoseKey {
-  // static async fromIndexedDB(kid: string, allowedAlgos: string[] = ['ES384']) {
-  //   const cryptoKeyPair = await loadCryptoKeyPair(kid, allowedAlgos)
-  //   return this.fromKeypair(kid, cryptoKeyPair)
-  // }
-
   static async generate(
     kid: string = crypto.randomUUID(),
-    allowedAlgos: string[] = ['ES384'],
+    allowedAlgos: string[] = ['ES256'],
     exportable = false,
   ) {
     const cryptoKeyPair = await generateKeypair(allowedAlgos, exportable)
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index fa9c8db3682..a060f085ebb 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -761,9 +761,6 @@ importers:
 
   packages/jwk-webcrypto:
     dependencies:
-      '@atproto/indexed-db':
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../indexed-db
       '@atproto/jwk':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../jwk