diff --git a/nip46/create_account.go b/nip46/create_account.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ecc18d..0000000
--- a/nip46/create_account.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-package nip46
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip04"
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip05"
-)
-
-func CheckNameAvailability(ctx context.Context, name, domain string) bool {
-	result, _, err := nip05.Fetch(ctx, name+"@"+domain)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	_, ok := result.Names[name]
-	return !ok
-}
-
-type CreateAccountOptions struct {
-	Email string
-}
-
-func CreateAccount(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	clientSecretKey string,
-	name string,
-	domain string,
-	pool *nostr.SimplePool,
-	extraOpts *CreateAccountOptions,
-	onAuth func(string),
-) (*BunkerClient, []string, error) {
-	if pool == nil {
-		pool = nostr.NewSimplePool(ctx)
-	}
-
-	// create a bunker that targets the provider directly
-	providerPubkey, relays, err := queryWellKnownNostrJson(ctx, "_@"+domain)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-
-	bunker := NewBunker(
-		ctx,
-		clientSecretKey,
-		providerPubkey,
-		relays,
-		pool,
-		onAuth,
-	)
-
-	_, err = bunker.RPC(ctx, "connect", []string{providerPubkey, ""})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, relays, fmt.Errorf("initial connect error: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// call create_account on it, it should return the value of the public key that will be created
-	email := ""
-	if extraOpts != nil {
-		email = extraOpts.Email
-	}
-	resp, err := bunker.RPC(ctx, "create_account", []string{name, domain, email})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, relays, fmt.Errorf("error on create_account: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	newlyCreatedPublicKey := resp
-
-	// update this bunker instance so it targets the new key now instead of the provider
-	bunker.target = newlyCreatedPublicKey
-	bunker.sharedSecret, _ = nip04.ComputeSharedSecret(newlyCreatedPublicKey, clientSecretKey)
-	bunker.getPublicKeyResponse = newlyCreatedPublicKey
-
-	// finally try to connect again using the new key as the target
-	_, err = bunker.RPC(ctx, "connect", []string{newlyCreatedPublicKey, ""})
-	if err != nil {
-		return bunker, relays, fmt.Errorf("newly-created public key connect error: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return bunker, relays, err
-}