diff --git a/sinks/compactor.go b/sinks/compactor.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 90dd2bb..0000000
--- a/sinks/compactor.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-package sinks
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"sort"
-	"time"
-
-	ilp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/internal/ccMetric"
-	lp "github.com/influxdata/line-protocol"
-)
-
-// A node in a tree structured by tags
-type compactorEntry struct {
-	tagKey   string                     // The tag key all points share in this sub-tree.
-	tagValue string                     // The tag value all points share in this sub-tree.
-	points   map[int64][]ilp.CCMetric   // The points with those keys (only), grouped by points where the time is the same.
-	entries  map[string]*compactorEntry // Points with even more keys go here, grouped by those keys.
-}
-
-func (ce *compactorEntry) read(lines []ilp.CCMetric, tags []lp.Tag) ([]ilp.CCMetric, error) {
-	for t, points := range ce.points {
-		fields := make(map[string]interface{})
-		for _, point := range points {
-			if val, ok := point.GetField("value"); ok {
-				fields[point.Name()] = val
-			} else {
-				return nil, errors.New("only field expected is 'value'")
-			}
-		}
-
-		p, err := ilp.New("data", nil, nil, fields, time.Unix(t, 0))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		for _, tag := range tags {
-			p.AddTag(tag.Key, tag.Value)
-		}
-
-		lines = append(lines, p)
-	}
-
-	for _, e := range ce.entries {
-		var err error
-		lines, err = e.read(lines, append(tags, lp.Tag{
-			Key:   e.tagKey,
-			Value: e.tagValue,
-		}))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return lines, nil
-}
-
-type Compactor struct {
-	wrapped Sink
-	n       int
-	root    compactorEntry
-}
-
-var _ Sink = (*Compactor)(nil)
-
-func NewCompactor(name string, wrapped Sink) (Sink, error) {
-	c := &Compactor{
-		wrapped: wrapped,
-		root: compactorEntry{
-			points:  make(map[int64][]ilp.CCMetric),
-			entries: make(map[string]*compactorEntry),
-		},
-	}
-	return c, nil
-}
-
-func (c *Compactor) Write(point ilp.CCMetric) error {
-	taglist := make([]lp.Tag, 0)
-	for k, v := range point.Tags() {
-		taglist = append(taglist, lp.Tag{Key: k, Value: v})
-	}
-
-	sort.Slice(taglist, func(i, j int) bool {
-		a, b := taglist[i], taglist[j]
-		return a.Key < b.Key
-	})
-
-	e := &c.root
-	for _, tag := range taglist {
-		mapkey := tag.Key + ":" + tag.Value
-		ce, ok := e.entries[mapkey]
-		if !ok {
-			ce = &compactorEntry{
-				tagKey:   tag.Key,
-				tagValue: tag.Value,
-				points:   make(map[int64][]ilp.CCMetric),
-				entries:  make(map[string]*compactorEntry),
-			}
-			e.entries[mapkey] = ce
-		}
-		e = ce
-	}
-
-	t := point.Time().Unix()
-	c.n += 1
-	e.points[t] = append(e.points[t], point)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *Compactor) Flush() error {
-	points := make([]ilp.CCMetric, 0, c.n)
-	points, err := c.root.read(points, make([]lp.Tag, 0, 5))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for _, p := range points {
-		if err := c.wrapped.Write(p); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	c.n = 0
-	c.root.points = make(map[int64][]ilp.CCMetric)
-	c.root.entries = make(map[string]*compactorEntry)
-	return c.wrapped.Flush()
-}
-
-func (c *Compactor) Close() {
-	c.wrapped.Close()
-}
-
-func (c *Compactor) Name() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (compacted)", c.wrapped.Name())
-}