diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 75ed3f7bc8..f2a86ca307 100755
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ lazy val akkaTestKit                   = "com.typesafe.akka"            %% "akka
 lazy val akkaTestKitTyped              = "com.typesafe.akka"            %% "akka-actor-testkit-typed"           % akkaVersion
 lazy val alpakkaFile                   = "com.lightbend.akka"           %% "akka-stream-alpakka-file"           % alpakkaVersion
 lazy val alpakkaSse                    = "com.lightbend.akka"           %% "akka-stream-alpakka-sse"            % alpakkaVersion
-lazy val alpakkaS3                     = "com.lightbend.akka"           %% "akka-stream-alpakka-s3"             % alpakkaVersion
 lazy val apacheCompress                = "org.apache.commons"            % "commons-compress"                   % apacheCompressVersion
 lazy val apacheIO                      = "commons-io"                    % "commons-io"                         % apacheIOVersion
 lazy val awsSdk                        = "software.amazon.awssdk"        % "s3"                                 % awsSdkVersion
@@ -576,12 +575,6 @@ lazy val storagePlugin = project
     name                       := "delta-storage-plugin",
     moduleName                 := "delta-storage-plugin",
     libraryDependencies       ++= Seq(
-      alpakkaS3 excludeAll (
-        ExclusionRule(organization = "com.typesafe.akka", name = "akka-stream_2.13"),
-        ExclusionRule(organization = "com.typesafe.akka", name = "akka-http_2.13"),
-        ExclusionRule(organization = "com.typesafe.akka", name = "akka-http-xml_2.13"),
-        ExclusionRule(organization = "org.slf4j", name = "slf4j-api")
-      ),
       kamonAkkaHttp    % Provided,
       akkaSlf4j        % Test,
       akkaTestKitTyped % Test,
diff --git a/delta/plugins/storage/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/storage/storages/model/StorageValue.scala b/delta/plugins/storage/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/storage/storages/model/StorageValue.scala
index e33007da4e..71b7b98dcd 100644
--- a/delta/plugins/storage/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/storage/storages/model/StorageValue.scala
+++ b/delta/plugins/storage/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/storage/storages/model/StorageValue.scala
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.plugins.storage.storages.model
 
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model.Uri
-import akka.stream.alpakka.s3
-import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.{ApiVersion, MemoryBufferType}
 import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.plugins.storage.files.model.Digest
-import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.plugins.storage.storages.StoragesConfig.StorageTypeConfig
 import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.rdf.jsonld.context.JsonLdContext.keywords
 import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.sdk.implicits._
 import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.sdk.permissions.model.Permission
@@ -13,9 +10,7 @@ import io.circe.generic.extras.Configuration
 import io.circe.generic.extras.semiauto.{deriveConfiguredCodec, deriveConfiguredEncoder}
 import io.circe.syntax._
 import io.circe.{Codec, Decoder, Encoder}
-import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.{AnonymousCredentialsProvider, AwsBasicCredentials, StaticCredentialsProvider}
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region
-import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.providers.AwsRegionProvider
 
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Path
@@ -146,38 +141,6 @@ object StorageValue {
 
     override val tpe: StorageType       = StorageType.S3Storage
     override val capacity: Option[Long] = None
-
-    def address(bucket: String): Uri =
-      endpoint match {
-        case Some(host) if host.scheme.trim.isEmpty => Uri(s"https://$bucket.$host")
-        case Some(e)                                => e.withHost(s"$bucket.${e.authority.host}")
-        case None                                   => region.fold(s"https://$bucket.s3.amazonaws.com")(r => s"https://$bucket.s3.$r.amazonaws.com")
-      }
-
-    /**
-      * @return
-      *   these settings converted to an instance of [[akka.stream.alpakka.s3.S3Settings]]
-      */
-    def alpakkaSettings(config: StorageTypeConfig): s3.S3Settings = {
-
-      val keys          = for {
-        cfg <- config.amazon
-      } yield cfg.defaultAccessKey.value -> cfg.defaultSecretKey.value
-
-      val credsProvider = keys match {
-        case Some((accessKey, secretKey)) =>
-          StaticCredentialsProvider.create(AwsBasicCredentials.create(accessKey, secretKey))
-        case _                            =>
-          StaticCredentialsProvider.create(AnonymousCredentialsProvider.create().resolveCredentials())
-      }
-
-      val regionProvider: AwsRegionProvider = new AwsRegionProvider {
-        val getRegion: Region = region.getOrElse(Region.US_EAST_1)
-      }
-
-      s3.S3Settings(MemoryBufferType, credsProvider, regionProvider, ApiVersion.ListBucketVersion2)
-        .withEndpointUrl(address(bucket).toString())
-    }
   }
 
   object S3StorageValue {
diff --git a/delta/plugins/storage/src/test/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/storage/storages/operations/s3/MinioSpec.scala b/delta/plugins/storage/src/test/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/storage/storages/operations/s3/MinioSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 963e7df1c5..0000000000
--- a/delta/plugins/storage/src/test/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/plugins/storage/storages/operations/s3/MinioSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-//package ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.plugins.storage.storages.operations.s3
-//
-//import akka.actor.ActorSystem
-//import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.scaladsl.S3
-//import akka.stream.alpakka.s3.{BucketAccess, S3Attributes}
-//import cats.effect.IO
-//import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.plugins.storage.storages.StoragesConfig.StorageTypeConfig
-//import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.delta.plugins.storage.storages.model.StorageValue.S3StorageValue
-//import ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.testkit.minio.MinioDocker
-//import org.scalatest.{Suite, Suites}
-//
-//import java.net.URLDecoder
-//import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8
-//
-//class MinioSpec extends Suites with MinioDocker {
-//  override val nestedSuites: IndexedSeq[Suite] = Vector(
-//    new S3StorageSaveAndFetchFileSpec(this)
-//  )
-//}
-//
-//object MinioSpec {
-//  def createBucket(
-//      value: S3StorageValue
-//  )(implicit config: StorageTypeConfig, system: ActorSystem): IO[Unit] = {
-//    implicit val attributes = S3Attributes.settings(value.alpakkaSettings(config))
-//
-//    IO.fromFuture(IO.delay(S3.checkIfBucketExists(value.bucket))).flatMap {
-//      case BucketAccess.NotExists => IO.delay(S3.makeBucket(value.bucket)).void
-//      case _                      => IO.unit
-//    }
-//  }
-//
-//  def deleteBucket(
-//      value: S3StorageValue
-//  )(implicit config: StorageTypeConfig, system: ActorSystem): IO[Unit] = {
-//    implicit val attributes = S3Attributes.settings(value.alpakkaSettings(config))
-//
-//    IO.fromFuture(
-//      IO.delay(
-//        S3.listBucket(value.bucket, None)
-//          .withAttributes(attributes)
-//          .flatMapConcat { content =>
-//            S3.deleteObject(value.bucket, URLDecoder.decode(content.getKey, UTF_8.toString))
-//              .withAttributes(attributes)
-//          }
-//          .run()
-//      )
-//    ) >> IO.fromFuture(IO.delay(S3.deleteBucket(value.bucket))).void
-//  }
-//}