diff --git a/internal/eventlog/eventlog.go b/internal/eventlog/eventlog.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b2d7f240..00000000
--- a/internal/eventlog/eventlog.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package eventlog
-
-// LogFile interface captures admissable operations on a log file
-type LogFile interface {
-	Log(event interface{}) error
-	Iterator() (LogIterator, error)
-	Close() error
-	Size() (int, error)
-}
-
-type LogIterator interface {
-	Next() interface{}
-	Close() error
-}
-
-type funcLogIterator struct {
-	nextFunc func() interface{}
-	closeFunc func() error
-}
-
-func (f *funcLogIterator) Next() interface{} {
-	return f.nextFunc()
-}
-
-func (f *funcLogIterator) Close() error {
-	return f.closeFunc()
-}
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diff --git a/internal/eventlog/maybe-unused.txt b/internal/eventlog/maybe-unused.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 250331e0..00000000
--- a/internal/eventlog/maybe-unused.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# unclear if this implementation will be used
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diff --git a/internal/eventlog/simplefilelog.go b/internal/eventlog/simplefilelog.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a695db2a..00000000
--- a/internal/eventlog/simplefilelog.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-package eventlog
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"sync"
-)
-
-// SimpleLogFile is a simple log file implementation that appends to a file.
-type SimpleLogFile struct {
-	file   string   // path to the log file
-	handle *os.File // file handle
-	mu     sync.Mutex
-}
-
-func NewSimpleLogFile(file string) *SimpleLogFile {
-	return &SimpleLogFile{
-		file: file,
-	}
-}
-
-var _ LogFile = &SimpleLogFile{}
-
-func (s *SimpleLogFile) open() error {
-	if s.handle != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(s.file), 0755)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create parent dirs of log file %s: %w", s.file, err)
-	}
-
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(s.file, os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open log file %s: %w", s.file, err)
-	}
-
-	s.handle = f
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SimpleLogFile) Log(event interface{}) error {
-	data, err := json.Marshal(event)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal event: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-
-	err = s.open()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	s.handle.Write(data)
-	s.handle.Write([]byte("\n"))
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SimpleLogFile) Size() (int, error) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-
-	err := s.open()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	stat, err := s.handle.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to stat log file %s: %w", s.file, err)
-	}
-
-	return int(stat.Size()), nil
-}
-
-func (s *SimpleLogFile) Close() error {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-
-	if s.handle == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err := s.handle.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close log file %s: %w", s.file, err)
-	}
-	s.handle = nil
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Iterator returns a function that can be called to iterate over the log file. 
-func (s *SimpleLogFile) Iterator() (LogIterator, error) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(s.file, os.O_RDONLY, 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.mu.Unlock()
-		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			return &funcLogIterator{
-				nextFunc: func() interface{} {
-					return nil
-				},
-				closeFunc: func() error {
-					return nil
-				},
-			}, nil
-		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open log file %s: %w", s.file, err)
-	}
-
-	stat, err := f.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		s.mu.Unlock()
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to stat log file %s: %w", s.file, err)
-	}
-	size := int(stat.Size())
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-
-	reader := io.NewSectionReader(f, 0, int64(size))
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
-
-	nextFunc := func() interface{} {
-		if !scanner.Scan() {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		var event interface{}
-		err := json.Unmarshal(scanner.Bytes(), &event)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Default().Printf("failed to unmarshal event: %v", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		return event
-	}
-
-	closeFunc := func() error {
-		return f.Close()
-	}
-
-	return &funcLogIterator{
-		nextFunc: nextFunc,
-		closeFunc: closeFunc,
-	}, nil
-}
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index df213b13..00000000
--- a/static/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-  <head>
-    <title>ResticUI</title>
-  </head>
-
-  <body>
-    <h1>ResticUI</h1>
-    <p>Nothing to see here, move along.</p>
-  </body>
-</html>
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