diff --git a/swh/web/ui/main.py b/swh/web/ui/main.py
--- a/swh/web/ui/main.py
+++ b/swh/web/ui/main.py
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
     'host': ('string', '127.0.0.1'),
     'port': ('int', 6543),
     'secret_key': ('string', 'development key'),
-    'max_upload_size': ('int', 16 * 1024 * 1024),
-    'upload_folder': ('string', '/tmp/swh-web-ui/uploads'),
-    'upload_allowed_extensions': ('list[str]', [])  # means all are accepted
 }
 
 
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@
        dict"""
 
     conf = config.read(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
-    config.prepare_folders(conf, 'log_dir', 'upload_folder')
+    config.prepare_folders(conf, 'log_dir')
     conf['storage'] = get_storage(conf['storage_class'], conf['storage_args'])
 
     return conf
@@ -100,7 +97,6 @@
 
     app.secret_key = conf['secret_key']
     app.config['conf'] = conf
-    app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = conf['max_upload_size']
     app.config['DEFAULT_RENDERERS'] = RENDERERS
 
     logging.basicConfig(filename=os.path.join(conf['log_dir'], 'web-ui.log'),
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@
 
     app.secret_key = conf['secret_key']
     app.config['conf'] = conf
-    app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = conf['max_upload_size']
     app.config['DEFAULT_RENDERERS'] = RENDERERS
 
     host = conf.get('host', '127.0.0.1')
diff --git a/swh/web/ui/service.py b/swh/web/ui/service.py
--- a/swh/web/ui/service.py
+++ b/swh/web/ui/service.py
@@ -30,29 +30,6 @@
     return hashes
 
 
-def hash_and_search(filepath):
-    """Hash the filepath's content as sha1, then search in storage if
-    it exists.
-
-    Args:
-        Filepath of the file to hash and search.
-
-    Returns:
-        Tuple (hex sha1, found as True or false).
-        The found boolean, according to whether the sha1 of the file
-        is present or not.
-    """
-    h = hashutil.hashfile(filepath)
-    c = backend.content_find('sha1', h['sha1'])
-    if c:
-        r = converters.from_content(c)
-        r['found'] = True
-        return r
-    else:
-        return {'sha1': hashutil.hash_to_hex(h['sha1']),
-                'found': False}
-
-
 def lookup_hash(q):
     """Checks if the storage contains a given content checksum
 
diff --git a/swh/web/ui/tests/test_app.py b/swh/web/ui/tests/test_app.py
--- a/swh/web/ui/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/swh/web/ui/tests/test_app.py
@@ -48,12 +48,8 @@
 
     # inject the mock data
     conf = {'storage': storage,
-            'upload_folder': '/some/upload-dir',
-            'upload_allowed_extensions': ['txt'],
-            'max_upload_size': 1024}
 
     main.app.config.update({'conf': conf})
-    main.app.config['MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH'] = conf['max_upload_size']
     main.app.config['DEFAULT_RENDERERS'] = renderers.RENDERERS
 
     if not main.app.config['TESTING']:  # HACK: install controllers only once!
diff --git a/swh/web/ui/tests/test_service.py b/swh/web/ui/tests/test_service.py
--- a/swh/web/ui/tests/test_service.py
+++ b/swh/web/ui/tests/test_service.py
@@ -351,54 +351,6 @@
         mock_backend.stat_origin_visits.assert_called_once_with(6)
 
     @patch('swh.web.ui.service.backend')
-    @patch('swh.web.ui.service.hashutil')
-    @istest
-    def hash_and_search(self, mock_hashutil, mock_backend):
-        # given
-        bhash = hex_to_hash('456caf10e9535160d90e874b45aa426de762f19f')
-        mock_hashutil.hashfile.return_value = {'sha1': bhash}
-        mock_backend.content_find = MagicMock(return_value={
-            'sha1': bhash,
-            'sha1_git': bhash,
-        })
-
-        # when
-        actual_content = service.hash_and_search('/some/path')
-
-        # then
-        self.assertEqual(actual_content, {
-            'sha1': '456caf10e9535160d90e874b45aa426de762f19f',
-            'sha1_git': '456caf10e9535160d90e874b45aa426de762f19f',
-            'found': True,
-        })
-
-        mock_hashutil.hashfile.assert_called_once_with('/some/path')
-        mock_backend.content_find.assert_called_once_with('sha1', bhash)
-
-    @patch('swh.web.ui.service.hashutil')
-    @istest
-    def hash_and_search_not_found(self, mock_hashutil):
-        # given
-        bhash = hex_to_hash('456caf10e9535160d90e874b45aa426de762f19f')
-        mock_hashutil.hashfile.return_value = {'sha1': bhash}
-        mock_hashutil.hash_to_hex = MagicMock(
-            return_value='456caf10e9535160d90e874b45aa426de762f19f')
-        self.storage.content_find = MagicMock(return_value=None)
-
-        # when
-        actual_content = service.hash_and_search('/some/path')
-
-        # then
-        self.assertEqual(actual_content, {
-            'sha1': '456caf10e9535160d90e874b45aa426de762f19f',
-            'found': False,
-        })
-
-        mock_hashutil.hashfile.assert_called_once_with('/some/path')
-        self.storage.content_find.assert_called_once_with({'sha1': bhash})
-        mock_hashutil.hash_to_hex.assert_called_once_with(bhash)
-
-    @patch('swh.web.ui.service.backend')
     @istest
     def lookup_origin(self, mock_backend):
         # given