diff --git a/app/main.go b/app/main.go
index 711236e..ee6caca 100644
--- a/app/main.go
+++ b/app/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"lol.mleku.dev/chk"
 	"lol.mleku.dev/log"
 	"next.orly.dev/app/config"
-	acl "next.orly.dev/pkg/acl"
 	database "next.orly.dev/pkg/database"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/encoders/bech32encoding"
 	"next.orly.dev/pkg/protocol/publish"
@@ -46,10 +45,6 @@ func Run(
 		publishers: publish.New(NewPublisher(ctx)),
 		Admins:     adminKeys,
 	}
-	// provide publisher to ACL so background sync can dispatch events
-	if err := acl.Registry.Configure(cfg, db, ctx, l.publishers); chk.E(err) {
-		// if configuration fails, proceed but log; ACL might be 'none'
-	}
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", cfg.Listen, cfg.Port)
 	log.I.F("starting listener on http://%s", addr)
 	go func() {
diff --git a/pkg/version/version b/pkg/version/version
index 04a0489..68aa5c5 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version
+++ b/pkg/version/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.4.5
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.4.6
\ No newline at end of file