diff --git a/API/DTOs/UpdateUserRole.cs b/API/DTOs/UpdateUserRole.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index a37076d2c..000000000
--- a/API/DTOs/UpdateUserRole.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using MediatR;
-
-namespace API.DTOs;
-
-public class UpdateUserRole : IRequest<bool>
-{
-    public string Username { get; init; }
-    public IList<string> Roles { get; init; }
-}
diff --git a/API/Startup.cs b/API/Startup.cs
index 2f8ac4d1a..e1dd28a81 100644
--- a/API/Startup.cs
+++ b/API/Startup.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ using Hangfire;
 using Hangfire.MemoryStorage;
 using Kavita.Common;
 using Kavita.Common.EnvironmentInfo;
-using MediatR;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
@@ -132,8 +131,6 @@ namespace API
             // Add IHostedService for startup tasks
             // Any services that should be bootstrapped go here
             services.AddHostedService<StartupTasksHostedService>();
-
-            services.AddMediatR(typeof(Startup));
         }
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.