diff --git a/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/src/lib.rs b/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/src/lib.rs
index 4e6de98d18..df587e1070 100644
--- a/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 mod buffer;
 #[deprecated]
-mod message;
-#[deprecated]
 mod sender;
 
 pub use buffer::{OrderedMessageBuffer, ReadContiguousData};
-pub use message::MessageError;
-pub use message::OrderedMessage;
 pub use sender::OrderedMessageSender;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
 use std::sync::Arc;
diff --git a/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/src/message.rs b/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/src/message.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 15627d7fe0..0000000000
--- a/common/socks5/ordered-buffer/src/message.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020-2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use thiserror::Error;
-
-#[derive(Error, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum MessageError {
-    #[error("the received message was empty")]
-    NoData,
-
-    #[error("could not extract message index. Received {received} bytes, but expected {expected}")]
-    IndexTooShort { received: usize, expected: usize },
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct OrderedMessage {
-    pub data: Vec<u8>,
-    pub index: u64,
-}
-
-impl OrderedMessage {
-    /// Serializes an `OrderedMessage` into bytes.
-    /// The output format is:
-    /// | 8 bytes index | data... |
-    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.index
-            .to_be_bytes()
-            .iter()
-            .cloned()
-            .chain(self.data.into_iter())
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    /// Attempts to deserialize an `OrderedMessage` from bytes.
-    pub fn try_from_bytes(data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<OrderedMessage, MessageError> {
-        if data.is_empty() {
-            return Err(MessageError::NoData);
-        }
-
-        if data.len() < 8 {
-            return Err(MessageError::IndexTooShort {
-                received: data.len(),
-                expected: 8,
-            });
-        }
-        let index = u64::from_be_bytes([
-            data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3], data[4], data[5], data[6], data[7],
-        ]);
-        Ok(OrderedMessage {
-            data: data[8..].to_vec(),
-            index,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-/// Order messages by their index only, ignoring their data
-impl PartialOrd for OrderedMessage {
-    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
-        Some((self.index).cmp(&(other.index)))
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod ordered_message_to_bytes {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn works() {
-        let message = OrderedMessage {
-            data: vec![123],
-            index: 1,
-        };
-        let bytes = message.into_bytes();
-
-        let expected = vec![0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 123];
-        assert_eq!(expected, bytes);
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod ordered_message_from_bytes {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn fails_when_there_is_no_data() {
-        let result = OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(Vec::new());
-        assert_eq!(Err(MessageError::NoData), result);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn fails_when_data_is_too_short() {
-        let result = OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(vec![1, 2, 3]);
-        assert_eq!(
-            Err(MessageError::IndexTooShort {
-                received: 3,
-                expected: 8
-            }),
-            result
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn works_when_there_is_enough_to_make_a_sequence_number_but_no_message_data() {
-        let expected = OrderedMessage {
-            data: Vec::new(),
-            index: 1,
-        };
-        let result = OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(vec![0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(expected, result);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn works_when_there_is_seq_number_and_data() {
-        let expected = OrderedMessage {
-            data: vec![255, 255, 255],
-            index: 1,
-        };
-        let result =
-            OrderedMessage::try_from_bytes(vec![0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 255, 255, 255]).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(expected, result);
-    }
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn empty_message_does_not_affect_ordering() {
-    let mut msg1 = OrderedMessage {
-        data: vec![255, 255, 255],
-        index: 1,
-    };
-
-    let mut msg2 = OrderedMessage {
-        data: vec![],
-        index: 2,
-    };
-
-    assert!(msg1 < msg2);
-
-    msg1.index = 2;
-    msg2.index = 1;
-
-    assert!(msg1 > msg2);
-}