diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 311b98f1..d44ea8fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1071,7 +1071,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "axum-extra",
  "axum-test-helper",
- "base64 0.21.5",
  "bytes",
  "clap",
  "gdc_rust_types",
@@ -1089,7 +1088,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "prometheus",
  "reqwest",
- "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/rust-connector-sdk/.gitignore b/rust-connector-sdk/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8c4bf7..00000000
--- a/rust-connector-sdk/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target
diff --git a/rust-connector-sdk/Cargo.toml b/rust-connector-sdk/Cargo.toml
index dd2ebf48..9d74a70c 100644
--- a/rust-connector-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust-connector-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ ndc-test = { git = "http://github.com/hasura/ndc-spec.git", tag = "v0.1.0-rc.18"
 async-trait = "^0.1.74"
 axum = "^0.6.20"
 axum-extra = "^0.8.0"
-base64 = "0.21.5"
 bytes = "1.5.0"
 clap = { version = "^4.4.7", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 http = "^0.2"
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ opentelemetry_api = "^0.20.0"
 opentelemetry_sdk = "^0.20.0"
 prometheus = "^0.13.3"
 reqwest = "^0.11.22"
-schemars = { version = "^0.8.16", features = ["smol_str"] }
 serde = { version = "^1.0.192", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "^1.0.108", features = ["raw_value"] }
 thiserror = "^1.0"
diff --git a/rust-connector-sdk/src/lib.rs b/rust-connector-sdk/src/lib.rs
index aec462cd..5a1f3d2e 100644
--- a/rust-connector-sdk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust-connector-sdk/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ pub mod default_main;
 pub mod json_rejection;
 pub mod json_response;
 pub mod routes;
-pub mod secret;
 pub mod tracing;
 
 pub use ndc_client::models;
diff --git a/rust-connector-sdk/src/secret.rs b/rust-connector-sdk/src/secret.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 14bd0f80..00000000
--- a/rust-connector-sdk/src/secret.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-use schemars::{schema::Schema, JsonSchema};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, JsonSchema)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-#[schemars(title = "SecretValue")]
-/// Either a literal string or a reference to a Hasura secret
-pub enum SecretValueImpl {
-    Value(String),
-    StringValueFromSecret(String),
-}
-
-/// Use this type to refer to secret strings within a
-/// connector's configuration types. For example, a connection
-/// string which might contain a password should be configured
-/// using this type.
-///
-/// This marker type indicates that a value should be configured
-/// from secrets drawn from a secret store.
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct SecretValue(pub SecretValueImpl);
-
-impl JsonSchema for SecretValue {
-    fn schema_name() -> String {
-        SecretValueImpl::schema_name()
-    }
-
-    fn json_schema(gen: &mut schemars::gen::SchemaGenerator) -> schemars::schema::Schema {
-        let mut s = SecretValueImpl::json_schema(gen);
-        if let Schema::Object(o) = &mut s {
-            if let Some(m) = &mut o.metadata {
-                m.id = Some(Self::schema_id().into());
-            }
-        }
-        s
-    }
-
-    fn schema_id() -> std::borrow::Cow<'static, str> {
-        "https://hasura.io/jsonschemas/SecretValue".into()
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use goldenfile::Mint;
-    use schemars::schema_for;
-    use std::io::Write;
-    use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-    use super::SecretValue;
-
-    #[test]
-    pub fn test_json_schema() {
-        let test_dir = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("tests");
-
-        let mut mint = Mint::new(test_dir);
-
-        let expected_path = PathBuf::from_iter(["json_schema", "secret_value.jsonschema"]);
-
-        let mut expected = mint.new_goldenfile(expected_path).unwrap();
-
-        let schema = schema_for!(SecretValue);
-
-        write!(
-            expected,
-            "{}",
-            serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schema).unwrap()
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rust-connector-sdk/tests/json_schema/secret_value.jsonschema b/rust-connector-sdk/tests/json_schema/secret_value.jsonschema
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5b0c38..00000000
--- a/rust-connector-sdk/tests/json_schema/secret_value.jsonschema
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-  "$id": "https://hasura.io/jsonschemas/SecretValue",
-  "title": "SecretValue",
-  "description": "Either a literal string or a reference to a Hasura secret",
-  "oneOf": [
-    {
-      "type": "object",
-      "required": [
-        "value"
-      ],
-      "properties": {
-        "value": {
-          "type": "string"
-        }
-      },
-      "additionalProperties": false
-    },
-    {
-      "type": "object",
-      "required": [
-        "stringValueFromSecret"
-      ],
-      "properties": {
-        "stringValueFromSecret": {
-          "type": "string"
-        }
-      },
-      "additionalProperties": false
-    }
-  ]
-}
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