diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -17,8 +17,5 @@
 [mypy-pytest.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
-[mypy-rados.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-
 [mypy-requests_toolbelt.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 apache-libcloud
 azure-storage-blob >= 12.0, != 12.9.0  # version 12.9.0 breaks mypy https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/20891
 pytest
-python-cephlibs
 requests_mock[fixture] >= 1.9
 requests_toolbelt
 types-pyyaml
diff --git a/swh/objstorage/backends/rados.py b/swh/objstorage/backends/rados.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/swh/objstorage/backends/rados.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2018  The Software Heritage developers
-# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
-# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
-# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
-
-import rados
-
-from swh.model import hashutil
-from swh.objstorage import objstorage
-from swh.objstorage.exc import ObjNotFoundError
-
-READ_SIZE = 8192
-
-
-class RADOSObjStorage(objstorage.ObjStorage):
-    """Object storage implemented with RADOS"""
-
-    def __init__(self, *, rados_id, pool_name, ceph_config, allow_delete=False):
-        super().__init__(allow_delete=allow_delete)
-        self.pool_name = pool_name
-        self.cluster = rados.Rados(conf=ceph_config, conffile="", rados_id=rados_id,)
-        self.cluster.connect()
-        self.__ioctx = None
-
-    def check_config(self, *, check_write):
-        if self.pool_name not in self.cluster.list_pools():
-            raise ValueError("Pool %s does not exist" % self.pool_name)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _to_rados_obj_id(obj_id):
-        """Convert to a RADOS object identifier"""
-        return hashutil.hash_to_hex(obj_id)
-
-    @property
-    def ioctx(self):
-        if not self.__ioctx:
-            self.__ioctx = self.cluster.open_ioctx(self.pool_name)
-        return self.__ioctx
-
-    def __contains__(self, obj_id):
-        try:
-            self.ioctx.stat(self._to_rados_obj_id(obj_id))
-        except rados.ObjectNotFound:
-            return False
-        else:
-            return True
-
-    def add(self, content, obj_id=None, check_presence=True):
-        if not obj_id:
-            raise ValueError("add needs an obj_id")
-
-        _obj_id = self._to_rados_obj_id(obj_id)
-
-        if check_presence:
-            try:
-                self.ioctx.stat(_obj_id)
-            except rados.ObjectNotFound:
-                pass
-            else:
-                return obj_id
-        self.ioctx.write_full(_obj_id, content)
-
-        return obj_id
-
-    def get(self, obj_id):
-        chunks = []
-        _obj_id = self._to_rados_obj_id(obj_id)
-        try:
-            length, mtime = self.ioctx.stat(_obj_id)
-        except rados.ObjectNotFound:
-            raise ObjNotFoundError(obj_id) from None
-        offset = 0
-        while offset < length:
-            chunk = self.ioctx.read(_obj_id, offset, READ_SIZE)
-            chunks.append(chunk)
-            offset += len(chunk)
-
-        return b"".join(chunks)
-
-    def check(self, obj_id):
-        return True
-
-    def delete(self, obj_id):
-        super().delete(obj_id)  # check delete permission
-        return True
diff --git a/swh/objstorage/factory.py b/swh/objstorage/factory.py
--- a/swh/objstorage/factory.py
+++ b/swh/objstorage/factory.py
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@
     _STORAGE_CLASSES_MISSING["azure"] = e.args[0]
     _STORAGE_CLASSES_MISSING["azure-prefixed"] = e.args[0]
 
-try:
-    from swh.objstorage.backends.rados import RADOSObjStorage
-
-    _STORAGE_CLASSES["rados"] = RADOSObjStorage
-except ImportError as e:
-    _STORAGE_CLASSES_MISSING["rados"] = e.args[0]
-
 try:
     from swh.objstorage.backends.libcloud import (
         AwsCloudObjStorage,