diff --git a/scripts/deploy/5-dao.ts b/scripts/deploy/5-dao.ts
index a9494caf..e3cdb9c4 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy/5-dao.ts
+++ b/scripts/deploy/5-dao.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { type Address, type Hex, type Log, decodeEventLog, toHex } from "viem";
 import { deploymentPublicClient as publicClient, deploymentWalletClient as walletClient } from "../lib/util/client";
 import { deploymentAccount as account } from "../lib/util/account";
-import { uploadToIPFS } from "@/utils/ipfs";
-import { deploymentIpfsClient as ipfsClient } from "../lib/util/ipfs";
+import { uploadToPinata } from "@/utils/ipfs";
 import { ABI as DaoFactoryABI } from "../lib/artifacts/dao-factory";
 import { ABI as DaoRegistryABI } from "../lib/artifacts/dao-registry";
 import { ABI as PluginSetupProcessorABI } from "../lib/artifacts/plugin-setup-processor";
@@ -73,11 +72,7 @@ function pinDaoMetadata(): Promise<Hex> {
     //   },
     // ],
   };
-  const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(daoMetadata)], {
-    type: "application/json",
-  });
-
-  return uploadToIPFS(ipfsClient, blob)
+  return uploadToPinata(JSON.stringify(daoMetadata))
     .then((res) => toHex(res))
     .catch((err) => {
       console.warn("Warning: Could not pin the DAO metadata on IPFS");
diff --git a/scripts/lib/util/ipfs.ts b/scripts/lib/util/ipfs.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 04e3def4..00000000
--- a/scripts/lib/util/ipfs.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { create } from "ipfs-http-client";
-import { getEnv } from "./env";
-
-const IPFS_ENDPOINT = getEnv("DEPLOYMENT_IPFS_ENDPOINT", true) ?? "";
-const IPFS_API_KEY = getEnv("DEPLOYMENT_IPFS_API_KEY", true) || "";
-
-export const deploymentIpfsClient = create({
-  url: IPFS_ENDPOINT,
-  headers: { "X-API-KEY": IPFS_API_KEY, Accept: "application/json" },
-});