diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9f07a3b58..754d97c5d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3880,7 +3880,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexer-monitor",
  "indexer-watcher",
  "ipfs-api-backend-hyper",
- "ipfs-api-prelude",
  "prost",
  "rand 0.9.0",
  "serde",
diff --git a/crates/dips/Cargo.toml b/crates/dips/Cargo.toml
index bca1263d7..085f93565 100644
--- a/crates/dips/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dips/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ futures = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
 prost = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ipfs-api-backend-hyper = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["with-send-sync", "with-hyper-tls"] }
-ipfs-api-prelude = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["with-send-sync"] }
 serde_yaml.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 sqlx = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/dips/src/ipfs.rs b/crates/dips/src/ipfs.rs
index 0b9e38f14..9279081a4 100644
--- a/crates/dips/src/ipfs.rs
+++ b/crates/dips/src/ipfs.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright 2023-, Edge & Node, GraphOps, and Semiotic Labs.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use std::{str::FromStr, sync::Arc};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use derivative::Derivative;
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
-use http::Uri;
-use ipfs_api_prelude::{IpfsApi, TryFromUri};
+use ipfs_api_backend_hyper::{IpfsApi, TryFromUri};
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use tracing;
 
 use crate::DipsError;
 
@@ -34,11 +32,8 @@ pub struct IpfsClient {
 
 impl IpfsClient {
     pub fn new(url: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            client: ipfs_api_backend_hyper::IpfsClient::build_with_base_uri(
-                Uri::from_str(url).map_err(anyhow::Error::from)?,
-            ),
-        })
+        let client = ipfs_api_backend_hyper::IpfsClient::from_str(url)?;
+        Ok(Self { client })
     }
 }