diff --git a/inventory_provider/__init__.py b/inventory_provider/__init__.py
index d9ee33a030d85e16f8c58251c747e6e5ea38efe5..a8adb17fc82ed6aca7c697d723990e18c98cb710 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/__init__.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/__init__.py
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ def create_app():
     from inventory_provider.routes import opsdb
     app.register_blueprint(opsdb.routes, url_prefix='/opsdb')
 
-    from inventory_provider.routes import alarmsdb
-    app.register_blueprint(alarmsdb.routes, url_prefix='/alarmsdb')
-
     from inventory_provider.routes import classifier
     app.register_blueprint(classifier.routes, url_prefix='/classifier')
 
diff --git a/inventory_provider/routes/alarmsdb.py b/inventory_provider/routes/alarmsdb.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ee1fda69bdeed171f78e2bdea561903562c7dfc0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/inventory_provider/routes/alarmsdb.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import functools
-import json
-
-from flask import Blueprint, request, Response, current_app
-from inventory_provider import alarmsdb, db
-
-routes = Blueprint("inventory-alarmsdb-query-routes", __name__)
-
-
-def require_accepts_json(f):
-    """
-    used as a route handler decorator to return an error
-    unless the request allows responses with type "application/json"
-    :param f: the function to be decorated
-    :return: the decorated function
-    """
-    @functools.wraps(f)
-    def decorated_function(*args, **kwargs):
-        # TODO: use best_match to disallow */* ...?
-        if not request.accept_mimetypes.accept_json:
-            return Response(
-                response="response will be json",
-                status=406,
-                mimetype="text/html")
-        return f(*args, **kwargs)
-    return decorated_function
-
-
-@routes.route("/interface-status", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-@require_accepts_json
-def get_interface_status():
-    config = current_app.config['INVENTORY_PROVIDER_CONFIG']
-
-    equipment = request.args.get("equipment")
-    interface = request.args.get("interface")
-
-    with db.connection(config['alarms-db']) as connection:
-        result = {"status": alarmsdb.get_last_known_interface_status(
-            connection, equipment, interface)}
-
-    return Response(
-        json.dumps(result),
-        mimetype="application/json")
diff --git a/inventory_provider/routes/data.py b/inventory_provider/routes/data.py
index 30810e45b074fbf599e5d26ace622675e7e7ca53..d96ce69c5b203f07aa238389f93dc30f8a78c42a 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/routes/data.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/routes/data.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from lxml import etree
 import redis
 
 from inventory_provider import db, juniper
-from inventory_provider.storage import external_inventory
 
 routes = Blueprint("inventory-data-query-routes", __name__)
 
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ def bgp_configs(hostname):
 @require_accepts_json
 def interface_statuses(hostname, interface):
     r = db.get_redis()
-    result = r.hget(external_inventory.interface_status_key,
+    result = r.hget("interface_statuses",
                     "{}::{}".format(hostname, interface))
     if not result:
         return Response(
diff --git a/inventory_provider/storage/__init__.py b/inventory_provider/storage/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/inventory_provider/storage/external_inventory.py b/inventory_provider/storage/external_inventory.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e721a348d52a83ca82121dd299f674f630d38392..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/inventory_provider/storage/external_inventory.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import json
-from collections import defaultdict
-from flask import current_app
-from inventory_provider import alarmsdb, db
-
-
-services_key = "inv_services"
-interfaces_key = "inv_interfaces"
-equipment_locations_key = "inv_eq_locations"
-service_child_to_parents_key = "inv_service_child_to_parents"
-service_parent_to_children_key = "inv_service_parent_to_children"
-interface_status_key = "service_status"
-
-
-def update_services_to_monitor(services):
-    r = db.get_redis()
-    relevant_types = ("path", "service", "l2circuit")
-    r.delete(services_key)
-    for service in services:
-        if service["circuit_type"].lower() in relevant_types:
-            r.hset(services_key, service["id"], json.dumps(service))
-
-
-def update_interfaces_to_services(services):
-    r = db.get_redis()
-    config = current_app.config["INVENTORY_PROVIDER_CONFIG"]
-    with db.connection(config["alarms-db"]) as cnx:
-        with db.cursor(cnx) as csr:
-            mapped_interfaces = defaultdict(list)
-            r.delete(interfaces_key)
-            for service in services:
-                key = "{}::{}".format(
-                    service["equipment"],
-                    service["interface_name"]
-                )
-                mapped_interfaces[key].append(service)
-                if not r.hexists(interface_status_key, key):
-                    r.hset(interface_status_key, key,
-                           alarmsdb.get_last_known_interface_status(
-                               csr,
-                               service["equipment"],
-                               service["interface_name"]
-                           ))
-
-    for key, value in mapped_interfaces.items():
-        r.hset(interfaces_key, key, json.dumps(value))
-
-
-def update_service_hierarchy(records):
-    r = db.get_redis()
-    children_to_parents = defaultdict(list)
-    parents_to_children = defaultdict(list)
-    for relation in records:
-        parent_id = relation["parent_circuit_id"]
-        child_id = relation["child_circuit_id"]
-        parents_to_children[parent_id].append(relation)
-        children_to_parents[child_id].append(relation)
-
-    r.delete(service_child_to_parents_key)
-    for child, parents in children_to_parents.items():
-        r.hset(service_child_to_parents_key, child, json.dumps(parents))
-
-    r.delete(service_parent_to_children_key)
-    for parent, children in parents_to_children.items():
-        r.hset(service_parent_to_children_key, parent, json.dumps(children))
-
-
-def update_equipment_locations(equipment_location_data):
-    r = db.get_redis()
-    r.delete(equipment_locations_key)
-    for ld in equipment_location_data:
-        r.hset(equipment_locations_key, ld["equipment_name"], json.dumps(ld))
diff --git a/test/storage/test_external_inventory.py b/test/storage/test_external_inventory.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b0caf9684824c9a701e67a05f25ceca5468723ea..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/storage/test_external_inventory.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-from inventory_provider.storage import external_inventory
-
-
-def test_update_services_to_monitor(mocker):
-    mocked_redis = mocker.patch(
-        "inventory_provider.storage.external_inventory.db.get_redis")
-    mocked_hset = mocked_redis.return_value.hset
-
-    services = [
-        {"circuit_type": "path", "id": "test_id_0", "other": "stuff"},
-        {"circuit_type": "service", "id": "test_id_1", "other": "stuff"},
-        {"circuit_type": "l2circuit", "id": "test_id_2", "other": "stuff"},
-        {"circuit_type": "spam", "id": "test_id_4", "other": "stuff"}
-    ]
-    external_inventory.update_services_to_monitor(services)
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(
-        external_inventory.services_key, "test_id_0",
-        "{\"circuit_type\": \"path\","
-        " \"id\": \"test_id_0\","
-        " \"other\": \"stuff\"}")
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(
-        external_inventory.services_key, "test_id_1",
-        "{\"circuit_type\": \"service\","
-        " \"id\": \"test_id_1\","
-        " \"other\": \"stuff\"}")
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(
-        external_inventory.services_key, "test_id_2",
-        "{\"circuit_type\": \"l2circuit\","
-        " \"id\": \"test_id_2\","
-        " \"other\": \"stuff\"}")
-    assert mocked_hset.call_count == 3
-
-
-def test_update_interfaces_to_services(mocker):
-    mocked_redis = mocker.patch(
-        "inventory_provider.storage.external_inventory.db.get_redis")
-    mocker.patch(
-        "inventory_provider.storage.external_inventory.current_app")
-    mocker.patch(
-        "inventory_provider.storage.external_inventory.db.connection")
-    mocker.patch(
-        "inventory_provider.storage.external_inventory.db.cursor")
-    mocked_hset = mocked_redis.return_value.hset
-    services = [
-        {"equipment": "eq_0", "interface_name": "if_0"},
-        {"equipment": "eq_1", "interface_name": "if_1"},
-        {"equipment": "eq_2", "interface_name": "if_2"},
-        {"equipment": "eq_3", "interface_name": "if_3"},
-        {"equipment": "eq_3", "interface_name": "if_3", "extra": "stuff"},
-        {"equipment": "eq_4", "interface_name": "if_4"}
-    ]
-    unique_keys = set(s["equipment"] + "::" + s["interface_name"]
-                      for s in services)
-
-    external_inventory.update_interfaces_to_services(services)
-    assert mocked_hset.call_count == len(unique_keys)
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(external_inventory.interfaces_key,
-                                "eq_2::if_2",
-                                "[{\"equipment\": \"eq_2\","
-                                " \"interface_name\": \"if_2\"}]")
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(external_inventory.interfaces_key,
-                                "eq_3::if_3",
-                                "[{\"equipment\": \"eq_3\","
-                                " \"interface_name\": \"if_3\"},"
-                                " {\"equipment\": \"eq_3\","
-                                " \"interface_name\": \"if_3\","
-                                " \"extra\": \"stuff\"}]")
-
-
-def test_update_service_hierarchy(mocker):
-    mocked_redis = mocker.patch(
-        "inventory_provider.storage.external_inventory.db.get_redis")
-    mocked_hset = mocked_redis.return_value.hset
-    data = [
-        {"parent_circuit": "PC_1",
-         "parent_circuit_id": "1001",
-         "parent_circuit_status": "operational",
-         "child_circuit": "CC_1",
-         "child_circuit_id": "2001",
-         "segment_group": 1},
-        {"parent_circuit": "PC_2",
-         "parent_circuit_id": "1002",
-         "parent_circuit_status": "operational",
-         "child_circuit": "CC_1",
-         "child_circuit_id": "2001",
-         "segment_group": 1},
-        {"parent_circuit": "PC_3",
-         "parent_circuit_id": "1003",
-         "parent_circuit_status": "operational",
-         "child_circuit": "CC_2",
-         "child_circuit_id": "2002",
-         "segment_group": 1},
-        {"parent_circuit": "PC_3",
-         "parent_circuit_id": "1003",
-         "parent_circuit_status": "operational",
-         "child_circuit": "CC_3",
-         "child_circuit_id": "2003",
-         "segment_group": 1}
-    ]
-    external_inventory.update_service_hierarchy(data)
-    u_parent_keys = set([d["parent_circuit_id"] for d in data])
-    u_child_keys = set([d["child_circuit_id"] for d in data])
-    assert mocked_hset.call_count == len(u_parent_keys) + len(u_child_keys)
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(
-        external_inventory.service_child_to_parents_key,
-        "2001",
-        "[{\"parent_circuit\": \"PC_1\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_id\": \"1001\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_status\": \"operational\","
-        " \"child_circuit\": \"CC_1\","
-        " \"child_circuit_id\": \"2001\","
-        " \"segment_group\": 1},"
-        " {\"parent_circuit\": \"PC_2\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_id\": \"1002\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_status\": \"operational\","
-        " \"child_circuit\": \"CC_1\","
-        " \"child_circuit_id\": \"2001\","
-        " \"segment_group\": 1}]"
-    )
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(
-        external_inventory.service_child_to_parents_key,
-        "2002",
-        "[{\"parent_circuit\": \"PC_3\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_id\": \"1003\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_status\": \"operational\","
-        " \"child_circuit\": \"CC_2\","
-        " \"child_circuit_id\": \"2002\","
-        " \"segment_group\": 1}]"
-    )
-
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(
-        external_inventory.service_parent_to_children_key,
-        "1003",
-        "[{\"parent_circuit\": \"PC_3\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_id\": \"1003\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_status\": \"operational\","
-        " \"child_circuit\": \"CC_2\","
-        " \"child_circuit_id\": \"2002\","
-        " \"segment_group\": 1},"
-        " {\"parent_circuit\": \"PC_3\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_id\": \"1003\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_status\": \"operational\","
-        " \"child_circuit\": \"CC_3\","
-        " \"child_circuit_id\": \"2003\","
-        " \"segment_group\": 1}]"
-    )
-    mocked_hset.assert_any_call(
-        external_inventory.service_parent_to_children_key,
-        "1002",
-        "[{\"parent_circuit\": \"PC_2\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_id\": \"1002\","
-        " \"parent_circuit_status\": \"operational\","
-        " \"child_circuit\": \"CC_1\","
-        " \"child_circuit_id\": \"2001\","
-        " \"segment_group\": 1}]"
-    )
diff --git a/test/test_alarmdb_routes.py b/test/test_alarmdb_routes.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 82522455868b48bdda22a82131c606dcdd8f0d72..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/test_alarmdb_routes.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import jsonschema
-
-DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS = {
-    "Content-type": "application/json",
-    "Accept": ["application/json"]
-}
-
-
-def test_get_interface_status(mocker, client):
-    mocked_conn = mocker.patch('inventory_provider.routes.alarmsdb'
-                               '.db.connection')
-    mocked_conn.return_value.__enter__.return_value = None
-
-    mocked_inteface_status = mocker.patch(
-        'inventory_provider.routes.alarmsdb.'
-        'alarmsdb.get_last_known_interface_status')
-    mocked_inteface_status.return_value = "up"
-
-    rv = client.get(
-        '/alarmsdb/interface-status?'
-        'equipment=mx1.lon.uk.geant.net&interface=xe-1/2/2',
-        headers=DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS)
-
-    interfaces_list_schema = {
-        "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-            "status": {
-                "type": "string",
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    response = json.loads(rv.data.decode("utf-8"))
-    jsonschema.validate(response, interfaces_list_schema)
-    assert response == {"status": "up"}