diff --git a/app/middleware/api_token_registrator.rb b/app/middleware/api_token_registrator.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5650c55..0000000
--- a/app/middleware/api_token_registrator.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-class ApiTokenRegistrator
-
-  def initialize(app)
-    @app = app
-  end
-
-  def call(env)
-    request = Rack::Request.new(env)
-    auth = Rack::Auth::Basic::Request.new(env)
-
-    if request.post? && request.path == '/api/asciicasts'
-      if auth.provided? && auth.basic? && auth.credentials
-        ensure_user_with_token(*auth.credentials)
-      end
-    end
-
-    @app.call(env)
-
-  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
-    [401, { 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' }, 'Invalid token']
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def ensure_user_with_token(username, token)
-    unless ApiToken.where(token: token).exists?
-      ApiToken.create_with_tmp_user!(token, username)
-    end
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/app/middleware/metadata_parser.rb b/app/middleware/metadata_parser.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f834b..0000000
--- a/app/middleware/metadata_parser.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-class MetadataParser
-
-  def initialize(app)
-    @app = app
-  end
-
-  def call(env)
-    request = Rack::Request.new(env)
-    auth = Rack::Auth::Basic::Request.new(env)
-
-    if request.post? && request.path == '/api/asciicasts'
-      if request.params['asciicast']['meta'] # pre "format 1" client
-        meta = JSON.parse(request.params['asciicast']['meta'][:tempfile].read)
-        request.params['asciicast']['meta'] = meta
-
-        username, token = meta.delete('username'), meta.delete('user_token')
-        if token.present? && !auth.provided? || !auth.basic?
-          env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials(username, token)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    @app.call(env)
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index f347db9..42f702a 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ module Asciinema
       rewrite /%7E(.+)/i, '/~$1'
     end
 
-    config.middleware.use 'MetadataParser'
-    config.middleware.use 'ApiTokenRegistrator'
-
     config.middleware.use 'Warden::Manager' do |manager|
       manager.failure_app = ApplicationController
       manager.scope_defaults(