diff --git a/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go b/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go
index e04021f..528fb55 100644
--- a/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go
+++ b/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -139,13 +138,10 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, options Options) error {
 	}
 	defer wakuNode.Stop()
 
-	rateLimiters := make(map[peer.ID]*rate.Limiter)
-
 	var storenodeIDs peer.IDSlice
 	for _, s := range storenodes {
 		wakuNode.Host().Peerstore().AddAddrs(s.ID, s.Addrs, peerstore.PermanentAddrTTL)
 		storenodeIDs = append(storenodeIDs, s.ID)
-		rateLimiters[s.ID] = rate.NewLimiter(7, 1)
 	}
 
 	err = dbStore.Start(ctx, wakuNode.Timesource())
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fb944a6..2cd0158 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842
-	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1
 )
 
@@ -162,6 +161,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/npipe.v2 v2.0.0-20160621034901-c1b8fa8bdcce // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect