diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4cfe98c2424d60b3a50d870dc0da5df2ee9243ba..5163d693fc757ec0c13d134e9d4cabd6cc7c85d7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ env:
   global:
     - GOTFLAGS="-race"
   matrix:
-    - BUILD_DEPTYPE=gx
     - BUILD_DEPTYPE=gomod
 
 
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ script:
 
 cache:
   directories:
-    - $GOPATH/src/gx
     - $GOPATH/pkg/mod
     - $HOME/.cache/go-build
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f2841f618b54e03cb34a9c91c8a0596a829c31..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-all: deps
-gx:
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
-deps: gx 
-	gx --verbose install --global
-	gx-go rewrite
-test: deps
-	gx test -v -race -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic .
-rw:
-	gx-go rewrite
-rwundo:
-	gx-go rewrite --undo
-publish: rwundo
-	gx publish
-.PHONY: all gx deps test rw rwundo publish
-
-
diff --git a/arc_cache.go b/arc_cache.go
index 231fd8555aba17bd5bff99b275418b4da728c72c..ca491e5325cf5671b8a3939abe5dd30cd51c1ecb 100644
--- a/arc_cache.go
+++ b/arc_cache.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type cacheSize int
 // block Cids. This provides block access-time improvements, allowing
 // to short-cut many searches without query-ing the underlying datastore.
 type arccache struct {
-	arc        *lru.ARCCache
+	arc        *lru.TwoQueueCache
 	blockstore Blockstore
 
 	hits  metrics.Counter
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type arccache struct {
 }
 
 func newARCCachedBS(ctx context.Context, bs Blockstore, lruSize int) (*arccache, error) {
-	arc, err := lru.NewARC(lruSize)
+	arc, err := lru.New2Q(lruSize)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/bloom_cache.go b/bloom_cache.go
index 3720d20d89e69d0264dbea23b77100f15e60ffd3..f99bb2b4bedd288a813acf81508bd7a0c1c95d99 100644
--- a/bloom_cache.go
+++ b/bloom_cache.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (b *bloomcache) Has(k cid.Cid) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 func (b *bloomcache) GetSize(k cid.Cid) (int, error) {
-  return b.blockstore.GetSize(k)
+	return b.blockstore.GetSize(k)
 }
 
 func (b *bloomcache) Get(k cid.Cid) (blocks.Block, error) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a40ca76d9d4aea66a93ea124b8c65508f6f4e37..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "author": "hsanjuan",
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore"
-  },
-  "gx": {
-    "dvcsimport": "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore"
-  },
-  "gxDependencies": [
-    {
-      "author": "stebalien",
-      "hash": "QmYYLnAzR28nAQ4U5MFniLprnktu6eTFKibeNt96V21EZK",
-      "name": "go-block-format",
-      "version": "0.2.2"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "jbenet",
-      "hash": "QmUadX5EcvrBmxAV9sE7wUWtWSqxns5K84qKJBixmcT1w9",
-      "name": "go-datastore",
-      "version": "3.6.1"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "ipfs",
-      "hash": "QmekzFM3hPZjTjUFGTABdQkEnQ3PTiMstY198PwSFr5w1Q",
-      "name": "go-metrics-interface",
-      "version": "0.2.0"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "hashicorp",
-      "hash": "QmQjMHF8ptRgx4E57UFMiT4YM6kqaJeYxZ1MCDX23aw4rK",
-      "name": "golang-lru",
-      "version": "2017.10.18"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmTbxNB1NwDesLmKTscr4udL2tVP7MaxvXnD1D9yX7g3PN",
-      "name": "go-cid",
-      "version": "0.9.3"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "hector",
-      "hash": "QmXSEqXLCzpCByJU4wqbJ37TcBEj77FKMUWUP1qLh56847",
-      "name": "go-ipfs-ds-help",
-      "version": "0.1.7"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "kubuxu",
-      "hash": "QmWaLViWQF8jgyoLLqqcSrnp6dJpHESiJfzor1vrfDyTZf",
-      "name": "bbloom",
-      "version": "0.1.2"
-    },
-    {
-      "hash": "QmbkT7eMTyXfpeyB3ZMxxcxg7XH8t6uXp49jqzz4HB7BGF",
-      "name": "go-log",
-      "version": "1.5.9"
-    }
-  ],
-  "gxVersion": "0.12.1",
-  "language": "go",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "name": "go-ipfs-blockstore",
-  "releaseCmd": "git commit -a -m \"gx publish $VERSION\"",
-  "version": "0.1.8"
-}
-