diff --git a/pkg/requester/endpoint.go b/pkg/requester/endpoint.go
index 8d4697be57..961ff5f92e 100644
--- a/pkg/requester/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/requester/endpoint.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ func NewBaseEndpoint(params *BaseEndpointParams) *BaseEndpoint {
 	transforms := []jobtransform.Transformer{
 		jobtransform.NewTimeoutApplier(params.MinJobExecutionTimeout, params.DefaultJobExecutionTimeout),
 		jobtransform.NewRequesterInfo(params.ID),
-		jobtransform.RepoExistsOnIPFS(params.StorageProviders),
 		jobtransform.NewPublisherMigrator(params.DefaultPublisher),
 		jobtransform.NewEngineMigrator(),
 		// jobtransform.DockerImageDigest(),
diff --git a/pkg/requester/jobtransform/repo_exists_on_ipfs.go b/pkg/requester/jobtransform/repo_exists_on_ipfs.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 623ad11f05..0000000000
--- a/pkg/requester/jobtransform/repo_exists_on_ipfs.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package jobtransform
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/bacalhau-project/bacalhau/pkg/clone"
-	"github.com/bacalhau-project/bacalhau/pkg/model"
-	"github.com/bacalhau-project/bacalhau/pkg/storage"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-)
-
-func RepoExistsOnIPFS(provider storage.StorageProvider) Transformer {
-	return func(ctx context.Context, j *model.Job) (modified bool, err error) {
-		inputs := j.Spec.Inputs
-		modificationCount := 0
-
-		for _, inputRepos := range inputs {
-			var repoArray []string
-			if inputRepos.StorageSource == model.StorageSourceRepoClone {
-				repoArray = append(repoArray, inputRepos.Repo)
-			}
-			for _, url := range repoArray {
-				repoCID, err := clone.RepoExistsOnIPFSGivenURL(ctx, url)
-				log.Ctx(ctx).Error().Err(err).Msg("error checking whether repo exists")
-				if err != nil {
-					continue
-				}
-
-				inputs = clone.RemoveFromModelStorageSpec(inputs, url)
-
-				inputs = append(inputs, model.StorageSpec{
-					StorageSource: model.StorageSourceIPFS,
-					CID:           repoCID,
-					Path:          "/inputs",
-				})
-				modificationCount++
-			}
-		}
-
-		j.Spec.Inputs = inputs
-		return modificationCount != 0, nil
-	}
-}