diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
index ea7a6a810..0e6c429f9 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
@@ -945,28 +945,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
 
   defp strip_internal_tags(object), do: object
 
-  def perform(:user_upgrade, user) do
-    # we pass a fake user so that the followers collection is stripped away
-    old_follower_address = User.ap_followers(%User{nickname: user.nickname})
-
-    from(
-      a in Activity,
-      where: ^old_follower_address in a.recipients,
-      update: [
-        set: [
-          recipients:
-            fragment(
-              "array_replace(?,?,?)",
-              a.recipients,
-              ^old_follower_address,
-              ^user.follower_address
-            )
-        ]
-      ]
-    )
-    |> Repo.update_all([])
-  end
-
   def maybe_fix_user_url(%{"url" => url} = data) when is_map(url) do
     Map.put(data, "url", url["href"])
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/transmogrifier_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/transmogrifier_worker.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f3f5385e..000000000
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/transmogrifier_worker.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
-# Copyright © 2017-2022 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-
-defmodule Pleroma.Workers.TransmogrifierWorker do
-  alias Pleroma.User
-
-  use Pleroma.Workers.WorkerHelper, queue: "transmogrifier"
-
-  @impl Oban.Worker
-  def perform(%Job{args: %{"op" => "user_upgrade", "user_id" => user_id}}) do
-    user = User.get_cached_by_id(user_id)
-    Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier.perform(:user_upgrade, user)
-  end
-
-  @impl Oban.Worker
-  def timeout(_job), do: :timer.seconds(5)
-end