diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index ad445565..c0d65293 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import:
 - package: github.com/abcum/rixxdb
 - package: github.com/asaskevich/govalidator
   version: ^8.0.0
-- package: github.com/cznic/zappy
 - package: github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go
   version: ^3.1.0
 - package: github.com/elithrar/simple-scrypt
diff --git a/util/snap/snap.go b/util/snap/snap.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dcf36fd..00000000
--- a/util/snap/snap.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2016 Abcum Ltd
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package snap
-
-import (
-	"github.com/cznic/zappy"
-)
-
-func Encode(src []byte) (dst []byte, err error) {
-
-	if len(src) == 0 {
-		return src, nil
-	}
-
-	return zappy.Encode(nil, src)
-
-}
-
-func Decode(src []byte) (dst []byte, err error) {
-
-	if len(src) == 0 {
-		return src, nil
-	}
-
-	return zappy.Decode(nil, src)
-
-}
diff --git a/util/snap/snap_test.go b/util/snap/snap_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d9af83f..00000000
--- a/util/snap/snap_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2016 Abcum Ltd
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package snap
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
-)
-
-func TestEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-
-	dec := []byte("")
-	enc := []byte{}
-
-	Convey("Encoding should fail", t, func() {
-		Convey("Should encode", func() {
-			res, _ := Encode(dec)
-			So(res, ShouldResemble, enc)
-		})
-		Convey("Should decode", func() {
-			res, _ := Decode(enc)
-			So(res, ShouldResemble, dec)
-		})
-	})
-
-}
-
-func TestEncoding(t *testing.T) {
-
-	dec := []byte("Hello World")
-	enc := []byte{11, 20, 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100}
-
-	Convey("String should encode and decode", t, func() {
-		Convey("Should encode", func() {
-			res, _ := Encode(dec)
-			So(res, ShouldResemble, enc)
-		})
-		Convey("Should decode", func() {
-			res, _ := Decode(enc)
-			So(res, ShouldResemble, dec)
-		})
-	})
-
-}