diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 2bbc288..48b468e 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "@bradenmacdonald/s3-lite-client": "jsr:@bradenmacdonald/s3-lite-client@^0.7.4",
     "@db/sqlite": "jsr:@db/sqlite@^0.11.1",
     "@isaacs/ttlcache": "npm:@isaacs/ttlcache@^1.4.1",
-    "@lambdalisue/async": "jsr:@lambdalisue/async@^2.1.1",
     "@noble/secp256k1": "npm:@noble/secp256k1@^2.0.0",
     "@nostrify/nostrify": "jsr:@nostrify/nostrify@^0.22.4",
     "@sentry/deno": "https://deno.land/x/sentry@7.112.2/index.mjs",
diff --git a/src/storages/hydrate.ts b/src/storages/hydrate.ts
index c7c8bb3..2cadc7e 100644
--- a/src/storages/hydrate.ts
+++ b/src/storages/hydrate.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import { DittoDB } from '@/db/DittoDB.ts';
 import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { type DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
-import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
-import { refreshAuthorStatsDebounced } from '@/utils/stats.ts';
 import { findQuoteTag } from '@/utils/tags.ts';
 
 interface HydrateOpts {
@@ -58,8 +56,6 @@ async function hydrateEvents(opts: HydrateOpts): Promise<DittoEvent[]> {
     events: await gatherEventStats(cache),
   };
 
-  refreshMissingAuthorStats(events, stats.authors);
-
   // Dedupe events.
   const results = [...new Map(cache.map((event) => [event.id, event])).values()];
 
@@ -276,25 +272,6 @@ async function gatherAuthorStats(events: DittoEvent[]): Promise<DittoTables['aut
   }));
 }
 
-async function refreshMissingAuthorStats(events: NostrEvent[], stats: DittoTables['author_stats'][]) {
-  const store = await Storages.db();
-  const kysely = await DittoDB.getInstance();
-
-  const pubkeys = new Set<string>(
-    events
-      .filter((event) => event.kind === 0)
-      .map((event) => event.pubkey),
-  );
-
-  const missing = pubkeys.difference(
-    new Set(stats.map((stat) => stat.pubkey)),
-  );
-
-  for (const pubkey of missing) {
-    refreshAuthorStatsDebounced({ pubkey, store, kysely });
-  }
-}
-
 /** Collect event stats from the events. */
 async function gatherEventStats(events: DittoEvent[]): Promise<DittoTables['event_stats'][]> {
   const ids = new Set<string>(
diff --git a/src/utils/stats.ts b/src/utils/stats.ts
index 0b0eb7e..62135c0 100644
--- a/src/utils/stats.ts
+++ b/src/utils/stats.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import { Semaphore } from '@lambdalisue/async';
 import { NostrEvent, NStore } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { Kysely, UpdateObject } from 'kysely';
-import { LRUCache } from 'lru-cache';
 import { SetRequired } from 'type-fest';
 
 import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
@@ -266,18 +264,3 @@ export async function refreshAuthorStats(
 
   return stats;
 }
-
-const authorStatsSemaphore = new Semaphore(10);
-const refreshedAuthors = new LRUCache<string, true>({ max: 1000 });
-
-/** Calls `refreshAuthorStats` only once per author. */
-export function refreshAuthorStatsDebounced(opts: RefreshAuthorStatsOpts): void {
-  if (refreshedAuthors.get(opts.pubkey)) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  refreshedAuthors.set(opts.pubkey, true);
-
-  authorStatsSemaphore
-    .lock(() => refreshAuthorStats(opts).catch(() => {}));
-}