diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4bb94fcd..0c14e2b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome": "3.0.1",
     "@vuelidate/core": "^2.0.0",
     "@vuelidate/validators": "^2.0.0",
-    "blurhash": "^2.0.4",
     "body-scroll-lock": "2.7.1",
     "chromatism": "3.0.0",
     "click-outside-vue3": "4.0.1",
diff --git a/src/components/attachment/attachment.js b/src/components/attachment/attachment.js
index 3155abf0..4dcacc7e 100644
--- a/src/components/attachment/attachment.js
+++ b/src/components/attachment/attachment.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   faPencilAlt,
   faAlignRight
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
-import Blurhash from '../blurhash/Blurhash.vue'
 
 library.add(
   faFile,
@@ -64,8 +63,7 @@ const Attachment = {
   components: {
     Flash,
     StillImage,
-    VideoAttachment,
-    Blurhash
+    VideoAttachment
   },
   computed: {
     classNames () {
@@ -86,9 +84,6 @@ const Attachment = {
     useContainFit () {
       return this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.useContainFit
     },
-    useBlurhash () {
-      return this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.useBlurhash
-    },
     placeholderName () {
       if (this.attachment.description === '' || !this.attachment.description) {
         return this.type.toUpperCase()
diff --git a/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue b/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue
index f9c4f1c8..947b1bfc 100644
--- a/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue
+++ b/src/components/attachment/attachment.vue
@@ -64,15 +64,7 @@
         :title="attachment.description"
         @click.prevent.stop="toggleHidden"
       >
-        <Blurhash
-          v-if="useBlurhash"
-          :height="512"
-          :width="1024"
-          :hash="attachment.blurhash"
-          :punch="1"
-        />
         <img
-          v-else
           :key="nsfwImage"
           class="nsfw"
           :src="nsfwImage"
diff --git a/src/components/blurhash/Blurhash.vue b/src/components/blurhash/Blurhash.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index c2e7f5b9..00000000
--- a/src/components/blurhash/Blurhash.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <canvas
-    ref="canvas"
-    class="blurhash"
-  />
-</template>
-
-<script>
-import { decode } from "blurhash";
-
-export default {
-  name: 'Blurhash',
-  props: {
-    hash: {
-      type: String,
-      required: true,
-    },
-    width: {
-      type: Number,
-      required: true,
-    },
-    height: {
-      type: Number,
-      required: true,
-    },
-    punch: {
-      type: Number,
-      default: null,
-    },
-  },
-  data() {
-    return {
-      canvas: null,
-      ctx: null,
-    };
-  },
-  mounted() {
-    this.canvas = this.$refs.canvas;
-    this.ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d');
-    this.canvas.width = 1024;
-    this.canvas.height = 512;
-    this.draw();
-  },
-  methods: {
-    draw() {
-      const pixels = decode(this.hash, this.width, this.height, this.punch);
-      const imageData = this.ctx.createImageData(this.width, this.height);
-      imageData.data.set(pixels);
-      this.ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
-      fetch("/static/blurhash-overlay.png")
-        .then((response) => response.blob())
-        .then((blob) => {
-          const img = new Image();
-          img.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-          img.onload = () => {
-            this.ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this.width, this.height);
-          };
-        });
-    },
-  }
-}
-</script>
-
-<style scoped>
-
-</style>
diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
index 5d135711..2fa20742 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
@@ -407,15 +407,6 @@
               {{ $t('settings.preload_images') }}
             </BooleanSetting>
           </li>
-          <li>
-            <BooleanSetting
-              path="useBlurhash"
-              expert="1"
-              :disabled="!hideNsfw"
-            >
-              {{ $t('settings.use_blurhash') }}
-            </BooleanSetting>
-          </li>
           <li>
             <BooleanSetting
               path="useOneClickNsfw"
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index ab811356..5739b1b0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -939,7 +939,6 @@
             "title": "Version"
         },
         "virtual_scrolling": "Optimize timeline rendering",
-        "use_blurhash": "Use blurhashes for NSFW thumbnails",
         "word_filter": "Word filter",
         "wordfilter": "Wordfilter"
     },
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 15b8c8f0..5adc2d3a 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   maxDepthInThread: undefined, // instance default
   translationLanguage: undefined, // instance default,
   supportedTranslationLanguages: {}, // instance default
-  userProfileDefaultTab: 'statuses',
-  useBlurhash: true,
+  userProfileDefaultTab: 'statuses'
 }
 
 // caching the instance default properties
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index e330ca8c..0cbc1814 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -235,14 +235,13 @@ export const parseAttachment = (data) => {
   if (masto) {
     // Not exactly same...
     output.mimetype = data.pleroma ? data.pleroma.mime_type : data.type
-    output.meta = data.meta
+    output.meta = data.meta // not present in BE yet
     output.id = data.id
   } else {
     output.mimetype = data.mimetype
     // output.meta = ??? missing
   }
 
-  output.blurhash = data.blurhash
   output.url = data.url
   output.large_thumb_url = data.preview_url
   output.description = data.description
diff --git a/static/blurhash-overlay.png b/static/blurhash-overlay.png
deleted file mode 100755
index 209a9438..00000000
Binary files a/static/blurhash-overlay.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7027b7d8..5ead5936 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2494,11 +2494,6 @@ binary-extensions@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-2.2.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-jDctJ/IVQbZoJykoeHbhXpOlNBqGNcwXJKJog42E5HDPUwQTSdjCHdihjj0DlnheQ7blbT6dHOafNAiS8ooQKA==
 
-blurhash@^2.0.4:
-  version "2.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/blurhash/-/blurhash-2.0.4.tgz#60642a823b50acaaf3732ddb6c7dfd721bdfef2a"
-  integrity sha512-r/As72u2FbucLoK5NTegM/GucxJc3d8GvHc4ngo13IO/nt2HU4gONxNLq1XPN6EM/V8Y9URIa7PcSz2RZu553A==
-
 body-parser@1.19.2:
   version "1.19.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.19.2.tgz"