diff --git a/QSB/Menus/MenuManager.cs b/QSB/Menus/MenuManager.cs
index 7a17e9bd..2ef9e33b 100644
--- a/QSB/Menus/MenuManager.cs
+++ b/QSB/Menus/MenuManager.cs
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ internal class MenuManager : MonoBehaviour, IAddComponentOnStart
 		QSBNetworkManager.singleton.OnClientConnected += OnConnected;
 		QSBNetworkManager.singleton.OnClientDisconnected += OnDisconnected;
 
-		if (QSBCore.Storage.LastUsedVersion != QSBCore.QSBVersion)
-		{
-			// recently updated!
-			QSBCore.Storage.LastUsedVersion = QSBCore.QSBVersion;
-			QSBCore.Helper.Storage.Save(QSBCore.Storage, "storage.json");
-		}
-
 		QSBLocalization.LanguageChanged += OnLanguageChanged;
 
 		if (QSBCore.DebugSettings.AutoStart)
diff --git a/QSB/QSB.csproj b/QSB/QSB.csproj
index 177373de..ce0be58c 100644
--- a/QSB/QSB.csproj
+++ b/QSB/QSB.csproj
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
     <None Include="manifest.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
-    <None Include="storage.json">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </None>
     <None Include="Assets\*">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
diff --git a/QSB/QSBCore.cs b/QSB/QSBCore.cs
index 538d0a39..ac00caf9 100644
--- a/QSB/QSBCore.cs
+++ b/QSB/QSBCore.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public class QSBCore : ModBehaviour
 		: QSBMSStoreProfileManager.SharedInstance;
 	public static IMenuAPI MenuApi { get; private set; }
 	public static DebugSettings DebugSettings { get; private set; } = new();
-	public static Storage Storage { get; private set; } = new();
 
 	public const string NEW_HORIZONS = "xen.NewHorizons";
 	public const string NEW_HORIZONS_COMPAT = "xen.NHQSBCompat";
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ public class QSBCore : ModBehaviour
 		CheckCompatibilityMods();
 
 		DebugSettings = Helper.Storage.Load<DebugSettings>("debugsettings.json") ?? new DebugSettings();
-		Storage = Helper.Storage.Load<Storage>("storage.json") ?? new Storage();
 
 		if (DebugSettings.HookDebugLogs)
 		{
diff --git a/QSB/Utility/Storage.cs b/QSB/Utility/Storage.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f67d0580..00000000
--- a/QSB/Utility/Storage.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-
-namespace QSB.Utility;
-
-[JsonObject(MemberSerialization.OptIn)]
-public class Storage
-{
-	[JsonProperty("lastUsedVersion")]
-	public string LastUsedVersion;
-}
diff --git a/QSB/manifest.json b/QSB/manifest.json
index d78fe58b..75f13053 100644
--- a/QSB/manifest.json
+++ b/QSB/manifest.json
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 	"version": "0.23.0",
 	"owmlVersion": "2.8.0",
 	"dependencies": [ "_nebula.MenuFramework", "JohnCorby.VanillaFix" ],
-	"pathsToPreserve": [ "debugsettings.json", "storage.json" ]
+	"pathsToPreserve": [ "debugsettings.json" ]
 }
diff --git a/QSB/storage.json b/QSB/storage.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d9571ae..00000000
--- a/QSB/storage.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "lastUsedVersion": ""
-}
\ No newline at end of file