diff --git a/scep/authority.go b/scep/authority.go
index c73885e5..9a0a2058 100644
--- a/scep/authority.go
+++ b/scep/authority.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type Interface interface {
 
 // Authority is the layer that handles all SCEP interactions.
 type Authority struct {
-	db                      DB
 	prefix                  string
 	dns                     string
 	intermediateCertificate *x509.Certificate
@@ -46,8 +45,6 @@ type Authority struct {
 type AuthorityOptions struct {
 	// Service provides the certificate chain, the signer and the decrypter to the Authority
 	Service *Service
-	// DB is the database used by SCEP
-	DB DB
 	// DNS is the host used to generate accurate SCEP links. By default the authority
 	// will use the Host from the request, so this value will only be used if
 	// request.Host is empty.
@@ -67,7 +64,6 @@ type SignAuthority interface {
 func New(signAuth SignAuthority, ops AuthorityOptions) (*Authority, error) {
 
 	authority := &Authority{
-		db:       ops.DB,
 		prefix:   ops.Prefix,
 		dns:      ops.DNS,
 		signAuth: signAuth,
@@ -341,15 +337,6 @@ func (a *Authority) SignCSR(ctx context.Context, csr *x509.CertificateRequest, m
 		CertRepMessage: cr,
 	}
 
-	// store the newly created certificate
-	err = newCert(a.db, CertOptions{
-		Leaf:          certChain[0],
-		Intermediates: certChain[1:],
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return crepMsg, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/scep/certificate.go b/scep/certificate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 39015af5..00000000
--- a/scep/certificate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package scep
-
-import (
-	"crypto/x509"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-// CertOptions options with which to create and store a cert object.
-type CertOptions struct {
-	Leaf          *x509.Certificate
-	Intermediates []*x509.Certificate
-}
-
-func newCert(db DB, ops CertOptions) error {
-	err := db.StoreCertificate(ops.Leaf)
-	if err != nil {
-		errors.Wrap(err, "error while storing certificate")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/scep/errors.go b/scep/errors.go
index 8454e16d..4287403b 100644
--- a/scep/errors.go
+++ b/scep/errors.go
@@ -2,18 +2,11 @@ package scep
 
 // Error is an SCEP error type
 type Error struct {
-	// Type       ProbType
-	// Detail string
 	Message string `json:"message"`
 	Status  int    `json:"-"`
-	// Sub    []*Error
-	// Identifier *Identifier
 }
 
 // Error implements the error interface.
 func (e *Error) Error() string {
-	// if e.Err == nil {
-	// 	return e.Detail
-	// }
 	return e.Message
 }