diff --git a/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts b/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts
index f05c6b98d2..efc683302e 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import env from "../../environment"
-import * as apps from "../../utilities/appService"
 import * as eventHelpers from "./events"
 import {
   accounts,
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import {
   PlatformUser,
   PlatformUserByEmail,
   RowResponse,
-  SearchUsersRequest,
   User,
   SaveUserOpts,
 } from "@budibase/types"
@@ -275,9 +273,6 @@ export const save = async (
     await platform.users.addUser(tenantId, builtUser._id!, builtUser.email)
     await cache.user.invalidateUser(response.id)
 
-    // let server know to sync user
-    await apps.syncUserInApps(_id, dbUser)
-
     await Promise.all(groupPromises)
 
     // finally returned the saved user from the db
@@ -424,7 +419,6 @@ export const bulkCreate = async (
     // instead of relying on looping tenant creation
     await platform.users.addUser(tenantId, user._id, user.email)
     await eventHelpers.handleSaveEvents(user, undefined)
-    await apps.syncUserInApps(user._id)
   }
 
   const saved = usersToBulkSave.map(user => {
@@ -563,8 +557,6 @@ export const destroy = async (id: string) => {
   await eventHelpers.handleDeleteEvents(dbUser)
   await cache.user.invalidateUser(userId)
   await sessions.invalidateSessions(userId, { reason: "deletion" })
-  // let server know to sync user
-  await apps.syncUserInApps(userId, dbUser)
 }
 
 const bulkDeleteProcessing = async (dbUser: User) => {
@@ -573,8 +565,6 @@ const bulkDeleteProcessing = async (dbUser: User) => {
   await eventHelpers.handleDeleteEvents(dbUser)
   await cache.user.invalidateUser(userId)
   await sessions.invalidateSessions(userId, { reason: "bulk-deletion" })
-  // let server know to sync user
-  await apps.syncUserInApps(userId, dbUser)
 }
 
 export const invite = async (
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/utilities/appService.ts b/packages/worker/src/utilities/appService.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f411d58fa..0000000000
--- a/packages/worker/src/utilities/appService.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import fetch from "node-fetch"
-import {
-  constants,
-  tenancy,
-  logging,
-  env as coreEnv,
-} from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { checkSlashesInUrl } from "../utilities"
-import env from "../environment"
-import { SyncUserRequest, User } from "@budibase/types"
-
-async function makeAppRequest(url: string, method: string, body: any) {
-  if (env.isTest()) {
-    return
-  }
-  const request: any = { headers: {} }
-  request.headers[constants.Header.API_KEY] = coreEnv.INTERNAL_API_KEY
-  if (tenancy.isTenantIdSet()) {
-    request.headers[constants.Header.TENANT_ID] = tenancy.getTenantId()
-  }
-  if (body) {
-    request.headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
-    request.body = JSON.stringify(body)
-  }
-  request.method = method
-
-  // add x-budibase-correlation-id header
-  logging.correlation.setHeader(request.headers)
-
-  return fetch(checkSlashesInUrl(env.APPS_URL + url), request)
-}
-
-export async function syncUserInApps(userId: string, previousUser?: User) {
-  const body: SyncUserRequest = {
-    previousUser,
-  }
-
-  const response = await makeAppRequest(
-    `/api/users/metadata/sync/${userId}`,
-    "POST",
-    body
-  )
-  if (response && response.status !== 200) {
-    throw "Unable to sync user."
-  }
-}