diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/local.ts b/frontend/src/utils/local.ts
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index 8a19a0c69e1..00000000000
--- a/frontend/src/utils/local.ts
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@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Small wrapper for localstorage to protect against SSR and permissions
- */
-
-import { warn } from "~/utils/console"
-
-const localStorageExists = () => process.client && window.localStorage !== null
-
-const tryUse = <R>(fn: () => R, def: R) => {
-  try {
-    return localStorageExists() ? fn() : def
-  } catch (e) {
-    warn("`localStorage` access denied", e)
-    return def
-  }
-}
-
-const local: typeof localStorage = {
-  get length() {
-    return tryUse(() => localStorage.length, 0)
-  },
-  getItem(key: string) {
-    return tryUse(() => localStorage.getItem(key), null)
-  },
-  setItem(key: string, value: string) {
-    tryUse(() => localStorage.setItem(key, value), undefined)
-  },
-  clear() {
-    tryUse(() => localStorage.clear(), undefined)
-  },
-  removeItem(key) {
-    tryUse(() => localStorage.removeItem(key), undefined)
-  },
-  key(index) {
-    return tryUse(() => localStorage.key(index), null)
-  },
-}
-
-export default local
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/prop-validators.ts b/frontend/src/utils/prop-validators.ts
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index e907fe54902..00000000000
--- a/frontend/src/utils/prop-validators.ts
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { SupportedSearchType, supportedSearchTypes } from "~/constants/media"
-
-/**
- * Validates the search types that have supported API endpoints.
- * This means that ALL_MEDIA is invalid because it is basically
- * a combination of all other supported API media types.
- * Any future search type that is not fully supported (video, 3d)
- * will also be invalid.
- */
-export const isValidSearchType = (
-  value: string
-): value is SupportedSearchType => {
-  return supportedSearchTypes.includes(value as SupportedSearchType)
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/url-params.ts b/frontend/src/utils/url-params.ts
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index 71de36fa28f..00000000000
--- a/frontend/src/utils/url-params.ts
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Gets the value of the query parameter from a URL. If the key contains
- * multiple values, they are joined using commas.
- *
- * @param key - the name of the parameter for which values are to be extracted
- * @param url - the URL containing query parameters
- */
-export const getParameterByName = (key: string, url: string): string => {
-  const name = key.replace(/[[\]]/g, "\\$&")
-  const regex = new RegExp(`(${name})=([^&]*)+&*`, "g")
-
-  const parameterValues = []
-  let regexResults = regex.exec(url)
-
-  while (regexResults) {
-    const value = decodeURIComponent(regexResults[2].replace(/\+/g, " "))
-    parameterValues.push(value)
-
-    regexResults = regex.exec(url)
-  }
-
-  return parameterValues.join(",")
-}
diff --git a/frontend/test/unit/specs/utils/get-parameter-by-name.spec.js b/frontend/test/unit/specs/utils/get-parameter-by-name.spec.js
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index ed5da927872..00000000000
--- a/frontend/test/unit/specs/utils/get-parameter-by-name.spec.js
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import { getParameterByName } from "~/utils/url-params"
-
-describe("getParameterByName", () => {
-  const queryStr = "?q=nature&provider=flickr&li=by&lt="
-
-  it('finds "q" key', () => {
-    expect(getParameterByName("q", queryStr)).toBe("nature")
-  })
-
-  it('finds "provider" key', () => {
-    expect(getParameterByName("provider", queryStr)).toBe("flickr")
-  })
-
-  it('finds "li" key', () => {
-    expect(getParameterByName("li", queryStr)).toBe("by")
-  })
-
-  it('finds "lt" to be empty', () => {
-    expect(getParameterByName("lt", queryStr)).toBe("")
-  })
-
-  it('finds "lt"', () => {
-    const query = `${queryStr}commercial`
-    expect(getParameterByName("lt", query)).toBe("commercial")
-  })
-
-  it('finds multiple "lt" parameter values', () => {
-    const query = `${queryStr}commercial&lt=modification`
-    expect(getParameterByName("lt", query)).toBe("commercial,modification")
-  })
-})