diff --git a/cmd/cli/main.go b/cmd/cli/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bfe9db77..00000000
--- a/cmd/cli/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"log"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:          "athens",
-		Short:        "The athens dependency manager",
-		Example:      usage,
-		SilenceUsage: true,
-	}
-
-	cmd.AddCommand(newUploadCmd())
-
-	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/cmd/cli/upload.go b/cmd/cli/upload.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 87c2bfbb..00000000
--- a/cmd/cli/upload.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"path"
-	"path/filepath"
-
-	parser "github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/gomod/file"
-	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/module"
-	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/payloads"
-	"github.com/spf13/afero"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-type uploadCmd struct {
-	moduleName string
-	version    string
-	baseURL    string
-}
-
-func newUploadCmd() *cobra.Command {
-	uploadCmd := &uploadCmd{}
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "upload [directory]",
-		Short: "package up a directory and upload it to the athens server",
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-		RunE:  upload(uploadCmd),
-	}
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&uploadCmd.version, "version", "v", "v0.0.1", "The version of this module")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&uploadCmd.baseURL, "base-url", "u", "http://localhost:3000/admin/upload", "The Athens base url.")
-	return cmd
-}
-
-func upload(c *uploadCmd) func(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
-	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		fs := afero.NewOsFs()
-		dir := args[0]
-
-		fullDirectory, err := filepath.Abs(dir)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get full directory (%s)", err)
-		}
-		cmd.Printf("found directory %s", fullDirectory)
-		modFilePath := filepath.Join(fullDirectory, "go.mod")
-		modBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, modFilePath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("couldn't find go.mod file (%s)", err)
-		}
-
-		gomodParser := parser.NewFileParser(fs, modFilePath)
-		c.moduleName, err = gomodParser.ModuleName()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse go.mod file (%s)", err)
-		}
-
-		zipReader := module.MakeZip(fs, fullDirectory, c.moduleName, c.version)
-
-		infoFilePath := filepath.Join(fullDirectory, c.version+".info")
-		infoBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, infoFilePath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("coudln't find .info file (%s)", err)
-		}
-
-		u, err := url.Parse(c.baseURL)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("not a valid base url (%s)", err)
-		}
-
-		u.Path = path.Join(u.Path, c.moduleName, c.version)
-		zipBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(zipReader)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		postBody := &payloads.Upload{
-			Module: modBytes,
-			Zip:    zipBytes,
-			Info:   infoBytes,
-		}
-		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-		if err := json.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(postBody); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error encoding json (%s)", err)
-		}
-		cmd.Printf("POSTing to %s", u)
-		resp, err := http.Post(u.String(), "application/json", buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error uploading (%s)", err)
-		} else if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("upload failed because status code was %d", resp.StatusCode)
-		}
-		cmd.Println("Upload successful!")
-		return nil
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/cli/usage.go b/cmd/cli/usage.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ae4ac283..00000000
--- a/cmd/cli/usage.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-const usage = `athens <dir> --base-url foo.com --module bar --version v1.0.0
-
-Details:
-
-- The directory from which code will be uploaded is <dir>
-- ... and that directory must have a go.mod file in it
-- ... and the go.mod file's 'module' directive must match 'bar'
-- ... and if there's a vendor directory under that directory, it won't be ignored right now
-- ... and the go.mod file will be uploaded with the source`
diff --git a/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go b/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go
index 0cc6c07f..43920106 100644
--- a/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/proxy/actions/app_proxy.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ func addProxyRoutes(app *buffalo.App, storage storage.Backend, mf *module.Filter
 	app.GET("/{module:.+}/@v/{version}.info", cacheMissHandler(versionInfoHandler(storage), app.Worker, mf))
 	app.GET("/{module:.+}/@v/{version}.mod", cacheMissHandler(versionModuleHandler(storage), app.Worker, mf))
 	app.GET("/{module:.+}/@v/{version}.zip", cacheMissHandler(versionZipHandler(storage), app.Worker, mf))
-	app.POST("/admin/upload/{module:[a-zA-Z./]+}/{version}", uploadHandler(storage))
 	app.POST("/admin/fetch/{module:[a-zA-Z./]+}/{owner}/{repo}/{ref}/{version}", fetchHandler(storage))
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/proxy/actions/upload.go b/cmd/proxy/actions/upload.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b0be9fa3..00000000
--- a/cmd/proxy/actions/upload.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package actions
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"net/http"
-
-	"github.com/bketelsen/buffet"
-	"github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo"
-	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/paths"
-	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/payloads"
-	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/storage"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-func uploadHandler(store storage.Saver) func(c buffalo.Context) error {
-	return func(c buffalo.Context) error {
-		sp := buffet.SpanFromContext(c)
-		sp.SetOperationName("uploadHandler")
-		mod, err := paths.GetModule(c)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.WithStack(err)
-		}
-		version := c.Param("version")
-		payload := new(payloads.Upload)
-		if c.Bind(payload); err != nil {
-			return errors.WithStack(err)
-		}
-		saveErr := store.Save(c, mod, version, payload.Module, bytes.NewReader(payload.Zip), payload.Info)
-		if storage.IsVersionAlreadyExistsErr(saveErr) {
-			return c.Error(http.StatusConflict, saveErr)
-		} else if err != nil {
-			return errors.WithStack(err)
-		}
-		return c.Render(http.StatusOK, proxy.JSON(nil))
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/payloads/upload.go b/pkg/payloads/upload.go
index 8e344d42..8fed524f 100644
--- a/pkg/payloads/upload.go
+++ b/pkg/payloads/upload.go
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ package payloads
 
 import "github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/eventlog"
 
-// Upload is used to send a module (zip and mod file) via POST request to the storage backend and save it there.
-type Upload struct {
-	Module []byte `json:"module"`
-	Zip    []byte `json:"zip"`
-	Info   []byte `json:"info"`
-}
-
 // Module is used by proxy to send info about cache miss to Olympus
 type Module struct {
 	Name    string `json:"name"`