diff --git a/lib/RequestHandler.go b/lib/RequestHandler.go
index bd6ac90..68b494d 100644
--- a/lib/RequestHandler.go
+++ b/lib/RequestHandler.go
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ package lib
 import (
 	metrics "com.navi.medici.janus/instrumentation"
 	producer_module "com.navi.medici.janus/producer"
-	"com.navi.medici.janus/schema"
 
-	// "log"
-	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 
@@ -23,13 +20,6 @@ type RequestObject struct {
 	Header http.Header
 }
 
-func ProcessProtobufRequestChannel(topic string) {
-	for {
-		request := <-ProtobufRequestChannel
-		ClickstreamProtobufEventHandler(*request, topic)
-	}
-}
-
 func ProcessJsonRequestChannel(topic string) {
 	for {
 		request := <-JsonRequestChannel
@@ -37,40 +27,6 @@ func ProcessJsonRequestChannel(topic string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func ClickstreamProtobufEventHandler(request RequestObject, topic string) {
-
-	messageBytes := request.Body
-	//getting the client which has sent this event
-	var result map[string]interface{}
-	json.Unmarshal(messageBytes, &result)
-	source := getSource(result)
-	//log.Print(source)
-	// to be of the format [magicByte] + [schemaID] + [messageIndex] + [value]
-	recordValue := []byte{}
-
-	// add [magicByte]
-	recordValue = append(recordValue, byte(0))
-
-	// add schemaID]
-	schemaIDBytes := make([]byte, 4)
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(schemaIDBytes, uint32(schema.SchemaVersionMap[topic]))
-	recordValue = append(recordValue, schemaIDBytes...)
-
-	// add [messageIndex]
-	messageIndexBytes := []byte{byte(2), byte(0)}
-	recordValue = append(recordValue, messageIndexBytes...)
-
-	// Now write the bytes from the actual message...
-	recordValue = append(recordValue, messageBytes...)
-
-	message := &sarama.ProducerMessage{
-		Topic: topic,
-		Value: sarama.ByteEncoder(recordValue),
-	}
-	metrics.IncrementCounter("request", source)
-	producer_module.WriteMessageToKafkaAsync(message, source)
-}
-
 func ClickstreamJsonEventHandler(request RequestObject, topic string) {
 
 	messageBytes := request.Body
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1bef910..d788af9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ func init() {
 	schema.InitializeSchemaHandler(configs)
 	producer_client.InitializeProducers(configs.Kafka, configs.Env)
 
-	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
-		go lib.ProcessProtobufRequestChannel(configs.Kafka.Kafka_Topic_Protobuf)
-	}
-
 	for i := 0; i < configs.Server.Goroutines; i++ {
 		go lib.ProcessJsonRequestChannel(configs.Kafka.Kafka_Topic_Json)
 	}