diff --git a/packages/api/src/car.js b/packages/api/src/car.js
index 8216800c55..263e10cedb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/car.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/car.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { MAX_BLOCK_SIZE, CAR_CODE } from './constants.js'
 import { JSONResponse } from './utils/json-response.js'
 import { getPins, PIN_OK_STATUS, waitAndUpdateOkPins } from './utils/pin.js'
 import { normalizeCid } from './utils/cid.js'
-import { rawCarPathToShardCid } from './utils/bucket.js'
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import('multiformats/cid').CID} CID
@@ -166,10 +165,6 @@ export async function handleCarUpload (request, env, ctx, car, uploadType = 'Car
     dagSize
   })
 
-  if (structure === 'Complete' && env.GENDEX_QUEUE) {
-    await env.GENDEX_QUEUE.send({ shards: [carCid.toString()] })
-  }
-
   /** @type {(() => Promise<any>)[]} */
   const tasks = []
 
@@ -186,16 +181,7 @@ export async function handleCarUpload (request, env, ctx, car, uploadType = 'Car
     }, { retries: 3 })
 
     if (report.structure === 'Complete') {
-      return await Promise.all([
-        pRetry(() => env.db.upsertPins([elasticPin(report.structure)]), { retries: 3 }),
-        // trigger block indexes to be built for this DAG
-        pRetry(async () => {
-          if (env.GENDEX_QUEUE) {
-            const shards = report.cars.map(rawCarPathToShardCid).map(cid => cid.toString())
-            await env.GENDEX_QUEUE.send({ shards })
-          }
-        }, { retries: 3 })
-      ])
+      return await pRetry(() => env.db.upsertPins([elasticPin(report.structure)]), { retries: 3 })
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/bucket.js b/packages/api/src/utils/bucket.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cdebd3cd51..0000000000
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/bucket.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { fromString } from 'uint8arrays'
-import * as Digest from 'multiformats/hashes/digest'
-import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
-import { CAR_CODE } from '../constants.js'
-
-/**
- * Converts a bucket path in format `raw/<root>/<user>/<base32(car-multihash)>.car`
- * to a CAR CID.
- * @param {string} path
- */
-export function rawCarPathToShardCid (path) {
-  const parts = path.split('/')
-  const filename = String(parts[3])
-  const digestBytes = fromString(filename.split('.')[0], 'base32')
-  const digest = Digest.decode(digestBytes)
-  return CID.createV1(CAR_CODE, digest)
-}
diff --git a/packages/api/wrangler.toml b/packages/api/wrangler.toml
index 7d74e2688f..e502d16b12 100644
--- a/packages/api/wrangler.toml
+++ b/packages/api/wrangler.toml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ new_classes = ["NameRoom0"]
 tag = "v1"
 deleted_classes = ["NameRoom0"]
 
-[[queues.producers]]
-  queue = "gendex-dev"
-  binding = "GENDEX_QUEUE"
-
 # ---- Environment specific overrides below ! ----
 # NOTE: wrangler automatically assigns each env the root `name` with the env name suffixed on the end
 # NOTE: wrangler tries to find an account_id defined at the root if workers_dev = true is not provided on your env.
@@ -39,10 +35,6 @@ r2_buckets = [
   { binding = "SATNAV", bucket_name = "satnav-test-0" }
 ]
 
-[[env.test.queues.producers]]
-  queue = "gendex-test"
-  binding = "GENDEX_QUEUE"
-
 # PROD!
 [env.production]
 # name = "web3-storage-production"
@@ -55,10 +47,6 @@ r2_buckets = [
   { binding = "SATNAV", bucket_name = "satnav-prod-0" }
 ]
 
-[[env.production.queues.producers]]
-  queue = "gendex-production"
-  binding = "GENDEX_QUEUE"
-
 [env.staging]
 # name = "web3-storage-staging"
 account_id = "fffa4b4363a7e5250af8357087263b3a" # Protocol Labs CF account
@@ -71,10 +59,6 @@ r2_buckets = [
   { binding = "SATNAV", bucket_name = "satnav-staging-0" }
 ]
 
-[[env.staging.queues.producers]]
-  queue = "gendex-staging"
-  binding = "GENDEX_QUEUE"
-
 [env.alan]
 workers_dev = true
 account_id = "4fe12d085474d33bdcfd8e9bed4d8f95"